Nj American Water - Ocean City, NJ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Nj American Water - Ocean City
Nj American Water - Ocean City serves about 127,000 people through 13,677 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cape May County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0508001; phone on file: 609-677-4652. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nj American Water - Ocean City is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Nj American Water - Ocean City 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 - Ocean City's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in New Jersey and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Cape May County
23 other systems share Cape May County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nj American Water - Ocean City. 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 |
| 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 |
| Borough Of Woodbine | 2,650 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Look up your address in Nj American Water - Ocean City'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 Nj American Water - Ocean City 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.