Cape May Water & Sewer U, NJ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.46 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Cape May Water & Sewer U
Cape May Water & Sewer U serves about 35,000 people through 3,673 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 groundwater, in Cape May County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0502001. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Cape May Water & Sewer U's lead record
That is up 2.46 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cape May Water & Sewer U is 16.2 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.46 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 4.71 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.15 ppb |
| 2024 | 6.61 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.93 ppb |
| 2023 | 16.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 8.87 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.02 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.8 ppb |
How Cape May Water & Sewer U 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 Water & Sewer U's 2.46 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in New Jersey and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Cape May County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cape May Water & Sewer U. 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 |
| 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 |
| Cape May Point Boro Wate | 4,000 | 4.4 ppb |
| Borough Of Woodbine | 2,650 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cape May, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cape May, 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 Water & Sewer U 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.