Saint Pauls Abbey, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Saint Pauls Abbey at a glance
Saint Pauls Abbey serves about 530 people through 5 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sussex County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1902346; phone on file: 973-383-2470. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Saint Pauls Abbey's lead record
That is up 1.25 ppb from 8.75 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saint Pauls Abbey is 10 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 ppb |
| 2022 | 8.75 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.9 ppb |
How Saint Pauls Abbey compares
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. Saint Pauls Abbey's 10 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in New Jersey and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
59 other systems share Sussex County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Saint Pauls Abbey. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sparta Twp Water Utility - Lake Mohawk | 17,625 | 1.01 ppb |
| Newton Water & Sewer Utility | 8,300 | 2.75 ppb |
| Hopatcong Water Dept | 7,224 | 9.37 ppb |
| Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley | 5,517 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklin Bd Of Public Works | 5,500 | 1.09 ppb |
| Stanhope W Dept | 3,730 | 5.88 ppb |
| Hamburg Board Of Public | 3,382 | 2.01 ppb |
| Ogdensburg W Dept | 2,800 | 1.66 ppb |
| Sussex W Dept | 2,201 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montague Water Co. | 2,165 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Newton, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newton, 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 Saint Pauls Abbey 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.