Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley, NJ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley serves about 5,517 people through 1,619 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sussex County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1922026; phone on file: 201-599-6038. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley's lead record
That is down 2.5 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley is 97 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.42 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.29 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.42 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.95 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 97 ppb over 15 |
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 Vernon Valley's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in New Jersey and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
59 other systems share Sussex County; 41 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley. 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 |
| 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 |
| Hardyston Twp Mua | 1,963 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Highland Lakes, 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 Vernon Valley 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.