Cape May Point Boro Wate, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Cape May Point Boro Wate serves about 4,000 people through 625 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 Cape May County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0503001; phone on file: 609-884-1454. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 6 ppb from 10.4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cape May Point Boro Wate is 10.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 10.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 10 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.6 ppb |
How Cape May Point Boro Wate 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. Cape May Point Boro Wate's 4.4 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in New Jersey and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Cape May County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cape May Point Boro Wate. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wildwood City Water Department | 218,472 | 5.8 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Ocean City | 127,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avalon Water And Sewerage Utilities | 39,839 | 1.17 ppb |
| Cape May Water & Sewer U | 35,000 | 2.46 ppb |
| Stone Harbor Water Dept | 30,850 | 3.03 ppb |
| Sea Isle City Water Department | 15,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lower Twp Mua | 12,416 | 5.1 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Cape May Court House | 5,625 | 1 ppb |
| West Cape May Water Dept | 4,427 | 2.39 ppb |
| Borough Of Woodbine | 2,650 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cape May Point, 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 Cape May Point Boro Wate 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.