Pvwc-Postbrook, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 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.
About Pvwc-Postbrook
Pvwc-Postbrook serves about 458 people through 126 service connections, which makes it a very small 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: NJ1615008; phone on file: 201-233-1147. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.64 ppb from 3.24 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pvwc-Postbrook is 3.24 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.24 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.97 ppb |
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. Pvwc-Postbrook's 0.6 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in New Jersey and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Passaic County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pvwc-Postbrook. 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) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West Milford, 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 Pvwc-Postbrook 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.