Gordons Corner Water Co, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Gordons Corner Water Co serves about 46,196 people through 15,000 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1326001; phone on file: 609-226-0020. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.62 ppb from 2.32 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gordons Corner Water Co is 2.32 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.32 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.07 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Gordons Corner Water Co's 0.7 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in New Jersey and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monmouth County
35 other systems share Monmouth County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gordons Corner Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold Twp Water Dept | 29,831 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marlboro Township Water Utility Division | 29,480 | 1 ppb |
| Wall Twp Water Dept | 26,000 | 0.52 ppb |
| Belmar Water Dept | 20,000 | 0.77 ppb |
| Manasquan Water Departme | 14,000 | 0.96 ppb |
| Red Bank Water Dept | 12,520 | 1.7 ppb |
| Spring Lake Water Department | 11,270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Freehold Borough Water D | 11,029 | 0.2 ppb |
| Keansburg Water & Sewer Dept. | 10,105 | 0.56 ppb |
| Manalapan Twp - Knob Hill | 8,700 | 2.4 ppb |
Next steps for Colts Neck, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Colts Neck, 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 Gordons Corner Water Co 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.