Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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.
Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River at a glance
Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River serves about 123,184 people through 48,728 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ocean County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1507005; phone on file: 732-557-7785. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0.82 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River is 3 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
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. Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River's 1.1 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in New Jersey and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ocean County
54 other systems share Ocean County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brick Township Mua | 81,829 | 0.52 ppb |
| Jackson Twp Mua | 37,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West | 30,608 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lacey Twp Mua | 29,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakewood Twp Mua | 27,614 | 2.12 ppb |
| Long Beach Twp Brant Bea | 25,300 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lavallette Water Dept | 25,000 | 1.19 ppb |
| Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu | 24,215 | 2 ppb |
| Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern | 23,980 | 0.4 ppb |
| Beach Haven Water Dept | 20,000 | 2.6 ppb |
Next steps for Toms River, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Toms River, 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 Toms River 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.