Middle Twp Water District 1, NJ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Middle Twp Water District 1 at a glance
Middle Twp Water District 1 serves about 685 people through 204 service connections, which makes it a small 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: NJ0506008; phone on file: 609-519-7185. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Middle Twp Water District 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Middle Twp Water District 1 is 1.6 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Middle Twp Water District 1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in New Jersey and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Cape May County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Middle Twp Water District 1. 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) |
| Lower Twp Mua | 12,416 | 5.1 ppb |
| 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 |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Middle Twp Water District 1'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 Middle Twp Water District 1 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.