Moorestown Water Dept, 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.
Moorestown Water Dept at a glance
Moorestown Water Dept serves about 20,700 people through 7,298 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 Burlington County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0322001; phone on file: 856-235-0550. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Moorestown Water Dept is 4.3 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.3 ppb |
How Moorestown Water Dept compares
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. Moorestown Water Dept's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in New Jersey and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
45 other systems share Burlington County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Moorestown Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nj American Water - Mount Holly | 47,427 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evesham Mua | 45,538 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mt Laurel Twp Mua | 41,743 | 1.8 ppb |
| Willingboro Mua | 35,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Burlington Twp W Dept | 27,000 | 3.81 ppb |
| Maple Shade Water Department | 19,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Medford Twp Dept Of Muni | 17,272 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bordentown Water Departm | 15,821 | 2.19 ppb |
| Jbmdl-Dix Main System | 12,765 | 0.3 ppb |
| Pemberton Twp Dept Main | 12,378 | 1.25 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Moorestown, 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 Moorestown Water Dept 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.