Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.33 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility
Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility serves about 22,150 people through 4,635 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 Atlantic County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0122001; phone on file: 609-823-7935. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility's lead record
That is down 2.43 ppb from 3.76 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility is 3.76 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.33 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.76 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility 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. Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility's 1.33 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in New Jersey and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Atlantic County
25 other systems share Atlantic County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City Mua | 152,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nj American Water - Atlantic County | 120,146 | 1 ppb |
| Margate City Water Department | 23,500 | 1.36 ppb |
| Hamilton Township Mua | 21,720 | 1.86 ppb |
| Brigantine Water Department | 14,450 | 2.49 ppb |
| Hammonton Water Dept | 12,153 | 0.38 ppb |
| Longport Water Department | 10,777 | 2.27 ppb |
| Buena Borough Mua | 4,880 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nj American Water - Egg Harbor City | 4,300 | 3 ppb |
| The Oaks Of Weymouth Water Co. | 750 | 3.1 ppb |
Next steps for Ventor City, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ventor City, 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 Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.