Point Pleasant Water Department, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.78 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Point Pleasant Water Department at a glance
Point Pleasant Water Department serves about 19,600 people through 7,850 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 Ocean County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1524001; phone on file: 609-600-7789. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.78 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Point Pleasant Water Department is 1.78 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.78 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.38 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.24 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.02 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.64 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.19 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.62 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Point Pleasant Water Department's 1.78 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in New Jersey and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
54 other systems share Ocean County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Point Pleasant Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River | 123,184 | 1.1 ppb |
| Brick Township Mua | 81,829 | 0.52 ppb |
| Jackson Twp Mua | 37,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West | 30,608 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lacey Twp Mua | 29,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakewood Twp Mua | 27,614 | 2.12 ppb |
| Long Beach Twp Brant Bea | 25,300 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lavallette Water Dept | 25,000 | 1.19 ppb |
| Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu | 24,215 | 2 ppb |
| Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern | 23,980 | 0.4 ppb |
Next steps for Point Pleasant, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Point Pleasant, 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 Point Pleasant Water Department 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.