Veolia Water Nj Independence Highland, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.84 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 Nj Independence Highland serves about 350 people through 121 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Warren County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ2112002; phone on file: 201-599-6020. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Veolia Water Nj Independence Highland's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (3.53 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water Nj Independence Highland is 14.1 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.84 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.53 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.71 ppb |
| 2023 | 6.46 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.38 ppb |
| 2022 | 9.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 8.04 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.41 ppb |
| 2020 | 14.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.77 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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 Nj Independence Highland's 3.84 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in New Jersey and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Warren County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water Nj Independence Highland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Nj - Phillipsburg | 26,686 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hackettstown Mua | 22,000 | 5 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Washington/Oxford | 10,719 | 1 ppb |
| Allamuchy Twp Water & Sewer | 5,423 | 2.6 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Belvidere | 2,854 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alpha Municipal Water Works | 2,530 | 12 ppb |
| Township Of Blairstown Dpw | 800 | 1.01 ppb |
| Country View Village, Llc | 310 | 1.14 ppb |
| Forest Manor Retirement Home | 224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Windtryst Apts | 216 | 0.9 ppb |
Your move
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 Nj Independence Highland whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2080 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.