Jackson Twp Mua, NJ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Jackson Twp Mua
Jackson Twp Mua serves about 37,224 people through 12,408 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 groundwater, in Ocean County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1511001; phone on file: 732-928-2222. 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 down 2.57 ppb from 2.57 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson Twp Mua is 2.57 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2.57 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Jackson Twp Mua 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. Jackson Twp Mua's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 38th percentile in New Jersey and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
54 other systems share Ocean County; 36 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson Twp Mua. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River | 123,184 | 1.1 ppb |
| Brick Township Mua | 81,829 | 0.52 ppb |
| Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West | 30,608 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lacey Twp Mua | 29,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakewood Twp Mua | 27,614 | 2.12 ppb |
| Long Beach Twp Brant Bea | 25,300 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lavallette Water Dept | 25,000 | 1.19 ppb |
| Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu | 24,215 | 2 ppb |
| Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern | 23,980 | 0.4 ppb |
| Beach Haven Water Dept | 20,000 | 2.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Jackson Twp Mua's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Jackson Twp Mua 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.