Mt Laurel Twp Mua, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 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.
About Mt Laurel Twp Mua
Mt Laurel Twp Mua serves about 41,743 people through 17,634 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: NJ0324001; phone on file: 856-722-5910. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Mt Laurel Twp Mua's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mt Laurel Twp Mua is 4 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.22 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.99 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.35 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3 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. Mt Laurel Twp Mua's 1.8 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in New Jersey and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
45 other systems share Burlington County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mt Laurel Twp Mua. 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 |
| Willingboro Mua | 35,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Burlington Twp W Dept | 27,000 | 3.81 ppb |
| Moorestown Water Dept | 20,700 | 2 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 |
Next steps for Miount Laurel, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Miount Laurel, 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 Mt Laurel 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.