East Greenwich Twp Water Dept, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
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. 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.
About East Greenwich Twp Water Dept
East Greenwich Twp Water Dept serves about 9,900 people through 3,650 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 surface water, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0803001; phone on file: 856-423-0655. 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 2.4 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Greenwich Twp Water Dept is 11.7 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 11.7 ppb over 10 |
How East Greenwich Twp Water 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. East Greenwich Twp Water Dept's 4 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in New Jersey and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Gloucester County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Greenwich Twp Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Township Mua | 48,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deptford Twp Mua | 30,561 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monroe Municipal Utilities Authority | 26,179 | 1.98 ppb |
| Glassboro Water Department | 24,244 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Deptford Twp Water Dept | 22,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mantua Township Mua | 12,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodbury City W Dept | 10,263 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nj American Water - Harrison | 9,193 | 1 ppb |
| Borough Of Clayton | 8,179 | 1.17 ppb |
| Pitman Water Department | 7,896 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Mickleton, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mickleton, 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 Greenwich Twp Water Dept whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.