Brielle Water Dept, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.44 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Brielle Water Dept serves about 4,800 people through 2,140 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1308001; phone on file: 732-904-5943. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brielle Water Dept is 0.44 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.44 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Brielle Water Dept compares
Of the 605 New Jersey systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 52 have gone over at some point. Brielle Water Dept's 0.44 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in New Jersey and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
35 other systems share Monmouth County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brielle Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gordons Corner Water Co | 46,196 | 0.7 ppb |
| Freehold Twp Water Dept | 29,831 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marlboro Township Water Utility Division | 29,480 | 1 ppb |
| Wall Twp Water Dept | 26,000 | 0.52 ppb |
| Belmar Water Dept | 20,000 | 0.77 ppb |
| Manasquan Water Departme | 14,000 | 0.96 ppb |
| Red Bank Water Dept | 12,520 | 1.7 ppb |
| Spring Lake Water Department | 11,270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Freehold Borough Water D | 11,029 | 0.2 ppb |
| Keansburg Water & Sewer Dept. | 10,105 | 0.56 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brielle, NJ may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Brielle Water Dept whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.