Red Bank Water Dept, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (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. 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 Red Bank Water Dept
Red Bank Water Dept serves about 12,520 people through 4,078 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 Monmouth County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1340001; phone on file: 732-620-6188. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Red Bank Water Dept is 3 ppb across 17 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 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. Red Bank Water Dept's 1.7 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in New Jersey and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monmouth County
35 other systems share Monmouth County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Red Bank Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gordons Corner Water Co | 46,196 | 0.7 ppb |
| Freehold Twp Water Dept | 29,831 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marlboro Township Water Utility Division | 29,480 | 1 ppb |
| Wall Twp Water Dept | 26,000 | 0.52 ppb |
| Belmar Water Dept | 20,000 | 0.77 ppb |
| Manasquan Water Departme | 14,000 | 0.96 ppb |
| Spring Lake Water Department | 11,270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Freehold Borough Water D | 11,029 | 0.2 ppb |
| Keansburg Water & Sewer Dept. | 10,105 | 0.56 ppb |
| Manalapan Twp - Knob Hill | 8,700 | 2.4 ppb |
Next steps for Point Pleaseant Beach, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Point Pleaseant Beach, 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 Red Bank Water Dept 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.