Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.34 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.
Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works at a glance
Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works serves about 57,150 people through 13,287 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 Somerset County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1808001; phone on file: 732-249-7800. 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 1.04 ppb from 1.3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works is 2.98 ppb across 20 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.34 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2.13 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.34 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.98 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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. Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works's 2.34 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in New Jersey and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
2 other systems share Somerset County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Hill W Dept | 687 | 2.31 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Twin Lakes | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Somerset, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Somerset, 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 Franklin Township Dept Of Public Works 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.