Edgewood Village M H Park, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.05 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Edgewood Village M H Park serves about 175 people through 82 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cape May County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0506004. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Edgewood Village M H Park's lead record
That is up 1.05 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Edgewood Village M H Park is 1.05 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.05 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 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. Edgewood Village M H Park's 1.05 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in New Jersey and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Cape May County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Edgewood Village M H Park. 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 |
| Cape May Point Boro Wate | 4,000 | 4.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rio Grande, 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 Edgewood Village M H Park 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.