Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore, NJ
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore
Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore serves about 5,153 people through 1,777 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Morris County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1436003; phone on file: 973-448-2018. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore's lead record
That is up 6.15 ppb from 5.85 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore is 12 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 5.85 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.3 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. Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore's 12 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in New Jersey and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
60 other systems share Morris County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southeast Morris County Mua | 62,349 | 1.1 ppb |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Water Department | 50,400 | 4.2 ppb |
| Dover Water Commission | 27,806 | 2.78 ppb |
| Montville Twp Mua | 22,000 | 2.31 ppb |
| Denville Twp Water Dept | 15,881 | 4.31 ppb |
| Madison Water Dept | 15,820 | 2.55 ppb |
| Randolph Twp Public Works Dept | 14,820 | 3.35 ppb |
| Pequannock Twp Water Department | 14,010 | 3.56 ppb |
| Rockaway Twp Water Dept | 14,000 | 2.57 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Roxbury | 11,793 | 4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Landing, 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 Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.