Nj American Water - Salem City, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Nj American Water - Salem City at a glance
Nj American Water - Salem City serves about 4,794 people through 1,816 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Salem County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1712001. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nj American Water - Salem City is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Nj American Water - Salem 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 - Salem City's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in New Jersey and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Salem County
14 other systems share Salem County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nj American Water - Salem City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nj American Water - Penns Grove | 14,406 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. | 13,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodstown Water Department | 4,455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elmer Boro W Dept | 1,385 | 1.5 ppb |
| Harding Woods Mhp | 1,276 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holly Tree Acres System 1 | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Club Estates | 300 | 5.3 ppb |
| Big Oak Rehab | 259 | 3.75 ppb |
| Picnic Grove Mobile Homes | 250 | 0.46 ppb |
| Auburn Village Water Sup | 200 | 6.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salem City, 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 - Salem 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.