Buena Borough Mua, NJ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Buena Borough Mua at a glance
Buena Borough Mua serves about 4,880 people through 1,576 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 groundwater, in Atlantic County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0104003; phone on file: 856-697-0450. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buena Borough Mua is 3.04 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.74 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.04 ppb |
Against other New Jersey systems
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. Buena Borough Mua's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in New Jersey and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Atlantic County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buena Borough Mua. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City Mua | 152,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nj American Water - Atlantic County | 120,146 | 1 ppb |
| Margate City Water Department | 23,500 | 1.36 ppb |
| Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility | 22,150 | 1.33 ppb |
| Hamilton Township Mua | 21,720 | 1.86 ppb |
| Brigantine Water Department | 14,450 | 2.49 ppb |
| Hammonton Water Dept | 12,153 | 0.38 ppb |
| Longport Water Department | 10,777 | 2.27 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Egg Harbor City | 4,300 | 3 ppb |
| The Oaks Of Weymouth Water Co. | 750 | 3.1 ppb |
Next steps for Landsville, NJ
Look up your address in Buena Borough Mua's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Buena Borough Mua 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.