Nutley Water Dept, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.55 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.
Nutley Water Dept at a glance
Nutley Water Dept serves about 29,500 people through 8,448 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 Essex County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0716001; phone on file: 973-284-4984. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nutley Water Dept is 1.32 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.55 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0.45 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.64 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.69 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.32 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.12 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.73 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.91 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.7 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. Nutley Water Dept's 0.55 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in New Jersey and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Essex County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nutley Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Newark Water Department | 294,274 | 4.03 ppb |
| East Orange Water Commission | 75,000 | 1.59 ppb |
| Bloomfield Water Department | 53,315 | 2.2 ppb |
| Montclair Water Bureau | 40,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belleville Water Dept | 35,129 | 1.86 ppb |
| Orange Water Dept | 30,134 | 2.02 ppb |
| Livingston Twp Div Of Water | 27,391 | 4.18 ppb |
| South Orange Water Department | 16,964 | 2 ppb |
| Verona Water Department | 13,641 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Grove Water Dept | 12,900 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nutley, 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 Nutley 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.