Metals · 2025
Lead in Lakewood, NJ tap water
Lakewood, NJ's 2025 report shows Lead detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level Number of Homes Sampled | 10 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Reported level Number of Homes Sampled | 104 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Reported level Homes Above Action Level | 2 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Range At the tap | 50 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Range of Sample Results | 3 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Reported level Homes Above Action Level | 0 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
90th percentile At the tap | 2 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
90th percentile At the tap | 0 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Lead
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.
There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
How Lakewood, NJ compares
5 of the 393 systems measuring Lead on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Lead:
People also ask
+Is there Lead in Lakewood, NJ tap water?
Yes — Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 2 ug/L. Lakewood, NJ's 2025 report shows Lead detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.
+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Lead is 0 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Lead?
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
+Which other U.S. cities have Lead over the federal limit?
5 of the 393 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Rosa, CA, Atlanta, GA, City of Hemet, CA.
+Where does this Lead measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Lead 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.