Oceanview Ctr For Rehab And Continuing C, NJ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.94 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Oceanview Ctr For Rehab And Continuing C serves about 120 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cape May County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0504306; phone on file: 609-624-3881. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1.26 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oceanview Ctr For Rehab And Continuing C is 103 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.94 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.82 ppb |
| 2024 | 9 ppb |
| 2024 | 7.81 ppb |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 7.21 ppb |
| 2022 | 103 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.4 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. Oceanview Ctr For Rehab And Continuing C's 1.94 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in New Jersey and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Cape May County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oceanview Ctr For Rehab And Continuing C. 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 |
| Nj American Water - Ocean City | 127,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oceanview, 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 Oceanview Ctr For Rehab And Continuing C whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2570 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.