Passaic Valley W C High Crest, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.62 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.
Passaic Valley W C High Crest at a glance
Passaic Valley W C High Crest serves about 1,132 people through 283 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Passaic County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1615003; phone on file: 973-340-4307. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Passaic Valley W C High Crest is 10 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.62 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 10 ppb |
How Passaic Valley W C High Crest 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. Passaic Valley W C High Crest's 0.62 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in New Jersey and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Passaic County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Passaic Valley W C High Crest. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Passaic Valley Water Commission | 310,483 | 1.62 ppb |
| Township Of Wayne | 55,000 | 2.93 ppb |
| Manchester Utilities Authority | 12,000 | 0.81 ppb |
| Pompton Lakes Mua | 11,435 | 2.51 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Little Falls | 11,247 | 1 ppb |
| Totowa W Dept | 10,804 | 3.5 ppb |
| Wanaque W Dept. | 10,266 | 6.81 ppb |
| Ringwood Water Department | 9,327 | 1.7 ppb |
| Bloomingdale Water Dept | 7,742 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodland Park Water Department | 6,000 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clifton, 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 Passaic Valley W C High Crest 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.