Metals · 2025
Iron in Lakewood, NJ tap water
Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Iron at or above the federal limit (0.3 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Range Detected | 0.31 mg/L | 0.3 mg/L MCL |
Range Range Detected | 0.11 mg/L | 0.3 mg/L MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 0.11 mg/L | 0.3 mg/L MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 0.31 mg/L | 0.3 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Iron
A naturally occurring metal common in groundwater.
Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; causes rusty color, staining, and metallic taste.
How Lakewood, NJ compares
3 of the 80 systems measuring Iron on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Iron:
People also ask
+Is there Iron in Lakewood, NJ tap water?
Yes — Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Iron at 0.31 mg/L. Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Iron at or above the federal limit (0.3 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Iron in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Iron is 0.3 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Iron?
A naturally occurring metal common in groundwater. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; causes rusty color, staining, and metallic taste.
+Which other U.S. cities have Iron over the federal limit?
3 of the 80 systems on The Water Map measuring Iron report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Salt Lake City, UT, Palm Coast, FL, Miramar, FL.
+Where does this Iron measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Iron entry from the 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lakewood, NJ water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/nj/lakewood/2025/source.