Cedar Glen West Water Co, NJ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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.
Who runs the water here
Cedar Glen West Water Co serves about 1,300 people through 90 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ocean County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1518003; phone on file: 732-657-5525. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (4.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cedar Glen West Water Co is 17 ppb across 19 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.54 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.74 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 17 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 7 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
| 2017 | 8 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. Cedar Glen West Water Co's 4 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in New Jersey and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
54 other systems share Ocean County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cedar Glen West Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River | 123,184 | 1.1 ppb |
| Brick Township Mua | 81,829 | 0.52 ppb |
| Jackson Twp Mua | 37,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West | 30,608 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lacey Twp Mua | 29,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakewood Twp Mua | 27,614 | 2.12 ppb |
| Long Beach Twp Brant Bea | 25,300 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lavallette Water Dept | 25,000 | 1.19 ppb |
| Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu | 24,215 | 2 ppb |
| Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern | 23,980 | 0.4 ppb |
Next steps for Manchester, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Manchester, 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 Cedar Glen West Water Co 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.