Pompton Lakes Mua, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.51 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.
Who runs the water here
Pompton Lakes Mua serves about 11,435 people through 3,494 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 Passaic County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1609001. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (2.93 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pompton Lakes Mua is 2.93 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.51 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.93 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.63 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. Pompton Lakes Mua's 2.51 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in New Jersey and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Passaic County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pompton Lakes Mua. 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 |
| 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) |
| Veolia Water Nj - Olde Milford Est | 1,577 | 3.59 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pompton Lakes, 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 Pompton Lakes Mua 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.