Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu at a glance
Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu serves about 24,215 people through 9,679 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: NJ1516001; phone on file: 609-296-1168. 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 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu is 4 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2.46 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu's 2 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in New Jersey and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
54 other systems share Ocean County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu. 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) |
| 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 |
| Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern | 23,980 | 0.4 ppb |
| Beach Haven Water Dept | 20,000 | 2.6 ppb |
Next steps for Little Egg Harbor, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Little Egg Harbor, 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 Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.