Manchester Village, NJ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Manchester Village
Manchester Village serves about 208 people through 58 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ocean County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1518010; phone on file: 856-829-1476. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.16 ppb from 2.16 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Manchester Village is 33.34 ppb across 20 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2.16 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.15 ppb |
| 2024 | 33.34 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 5.63 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.67 ppb |
| 2023 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 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. Manchester Village's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in New Jersey and the 15th 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 Manchester Village. 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 |
| Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu | 24,215 | 2 ppb |
| Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern | 23,980 | 0.4 ppb |
Next steps for Bridgeton, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bridgeton, 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 Manchester Village whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 3540 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.