Burlington Twp W Dept, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.81 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Burlington Twp W Dept serves about 27,000 people through 7,782 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Burlington County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0306001; phone on file: 609-239-5909. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.81 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Burlington Twp W Dept is 4.5 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.81 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1.09 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.76 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.3 ppb |
How Burlington Twp W 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. Burlington Twp W Dept's 3.81 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in New Jersey and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
45 other systems share Burlington County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Burlington Twp W Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nj American Water - Mount Holly | 47,427 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evesham Mua | 45,538 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mt Laurel Twp Mua | 41,743 | 1.8 ppb |
| Willingboro Mua | 35,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Moorestown Water Dept | 20,700 | 2 ppb |
| Maple Shade Water Department | 19,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Medford Twp Dept Of Muni | 17,272 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bordentown Water Departm | 15,821 | 2.19 ppb |
| Jbmdl-Dix Main System | 12,765 | 0.3 ppb |
| Pemberton Twp Dept Main | 12,378 | 1.25 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Burlington Twp, 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 Burlington Twp W 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.