Lakewood Twp Mua, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.12 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.
About Lakewood Twp Mua
Lakewood Twp Mua serves about 27,614 people through 10,644 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 Ocean County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1514002; phone on file: 732-363-4422. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.12 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakewood Twp Mua is 6.75 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.12 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.75 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. Lakewood Twp Mua's 2.12 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in New Jersey and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ocean County
54 other systems share Ocean County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lakewood 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 |
| Jackson Twp Mua | 37,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West | 30,608 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lacey Twp Mua | 29,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lakewood, 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 Lakewood 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. 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.