Fountainhead Mhp, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Fountainhead Mhp at a glance
Fountainhead Mhp serves about 60 people through 46 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Rockland County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NY4301309; phone on file: 732-928-3100. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fountainhead Mhp is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Fountainhead Mhp's 3 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in New Jersey and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
1 other system shares Rockland County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fountainhead Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Fuji | 282 | 2.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jackson, 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 Fountainhead Mhp 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.