Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.59 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.
Who runs the water here
Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes serves about 5,038 people through 1,948 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Bergen County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0220001; phone on file: 201-599-6020. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes's lead record
That is up 3.84 ppb from 3.75 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes is 14 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.59 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.75 ppb |
| 2024 | 6.24 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.41 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.77 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.53 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.76 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.99 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.41 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 9 ppb |
| 2019 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 10 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. Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes's 7.59 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in New Jersey and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Bergen County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Water | 61,700 | 2.61 ppb |
| Fair Lawn Water Dept | 35,564 | 2.5 ppb |
| Garfield Water Department | 30,487 | 3.4 ppb |
| Mahwah Water Department | 26,777 | 4.38 ppb |
| Passaic Valley Wc Lodi Wd | 24,136 | 0.85 ppb |
| Lyndhurst Water Department | 22,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elmwood Park Water Dept | 20,374 | 0 (not detected) |
| Park Ridge Water Dept | 16,466 | 1.4 ppb |
| Pvwc-North Arlington | 15,392 | 1.13 ppb |
| Ramsey Water Dept | 15,207 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Haworth, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Haworth, 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 Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes 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.