East Brunswick Water Utility, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.4 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. 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.
East Brunswick Water Utility at a glance
East Brunswick Water Utility serves about 49,715 people through 18,500 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 Middlesex County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1204001; phone on file: 732-257-8314. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
East Brunswick Water Utility's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0.13 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Brunswick Water Utility is 7.02 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.13 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.28 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.28 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.57 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.57 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.14 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.52 ppb |
| 2016 | 7.02 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. East Brunswick Water Utility's 0.4 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in New Jersey and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Middlesex County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Brunswick Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesex Water Company | 233,376 | 0.85 ppb |
| Old Bridge Mua | 68,000 | 1.75 ppb |
| New Brunswick W Dept | 55,000 | 1.78 ppb |
| Perth Amboy Water Department | 52,328 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sayreville W Dept | 45,345 | 0.54 ppb |
| North Brunswick W Dept | 43,905 | 2.4 ppb |
| Monroe Twp Utility Department | 36,000 | 1.34 ppb |
| Edison Water Co | 35,000 | 1.18 ppb |
| South River W Dept | 16,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Highland Park W Dept | 14,000 | 0.63 ppb |
Next steps for East Brunswick, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Brunswick, 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 East Brunswick Water Utility 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.