Nj American Water - Logan, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Nj American Water - Logan
Nj American Water - Logan serves about 6,650 people through 1,962 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0809002; phone on file: 856-764-4932. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nj American Water - Logan is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Nj American Water - Logan 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. Nj American Water - Logan's 3 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in New Jersey and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Gloucester County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nj American Water - Logan. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Township Mua | 48,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deptford Twp Mua | 30,561 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monroe Municipal Utilities Authority | 26,179 | 1.98 ppb |
| Glassboro Water Department | 24,244 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Deptford Twp Water Dept | 22,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mantua Township Mua | 12,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodbury City W Dept | 10,263 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Greenwich Twp Water Dept | 9,900 | 4 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Harrison | 9,193 | 1 ppb |
| Borough Of Clayton | 8,179 | 1.17 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Delran, 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 Nj American Water - Logan 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.