Lower Twp Mua, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.1 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.
Lower Twp Mua at a glance
Lower Twp Mua serves about 12,416 people through 10,788 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 Cape May County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0505002; phone on file: 609-886-7146. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lower Twp Mua's lead record
That is up 2.99 ppb from 2.11 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lower Twp Mua is 9.08 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.11 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.84 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.89 ppb |
| 2023 | 8.35 ppb |
| 2022 | 9.08 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.68 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.08 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.5 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. Lower Twp Mua's 5.1 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in New Jersey and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Cape May County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Lower Twp Mua. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wildwood City Water Department | 218,472 | 5.8 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Ocean City | 127,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avalon Water And Sewerage Utilities | 39,839 | 1.17 ppb |
| Cape May Water & Sewer U | 35,000 | 2.46 ppb |
| Stone Harbor Water Dept | 30,850 | 3.03 ppb |
| Sea Isle City Water Department | 15,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nj American Water - Cape May Court House | 5,625 | 1 ppb |
| West Cape May Water Dept | 4,427 | 2.39 ppb |
| Cape May Point Boro Wate | 4,000 | 4.4 ppb |
| Borough Of Woodbine | 2,650 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Villas, 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 Lower 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.