Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart., NJ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 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.
Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. at a glance
Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. serves about 13,500 people through 4,813 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 groundwater, in Salem County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1708001; phone on file: 609-861-7000. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart.'s lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. is 4.3 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in New Jersey and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Salem County
14 other systems share Salem County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart.. 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) |
| Nj American Water - Salem City | 4,794 | 2 ppb |
| 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
Look up your address in Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart.'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 Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. 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.