PFAS ("forever chemicals") · 2025

Perfluorononanoic acid in Lakewood, NJ tap water

Within the federal limit

Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Perfluorononanoic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ng/L (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
System-wide
0 ng/L
Range
System-wide
Not detected ng/L
Reported level
Hazard Index Calculation
0.0045 ng/L
Reported level
System-wide
3 ng/L

Verbatim from Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Perfluorononanoic acid

Perfluorononanoic acid, a PFAS 'forever chemical.'

Regulated by the EPA at 10 parts per trillion and included in the PFAS Hazard Index.

How Lakewood, NJ compares

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People also ask

+Is there Perfluorononanoic acid in Lakewood, NJ tap water?

Yes — Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Perfluorononanoic acid at 0 ng/L. Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Perfluorononanoic acid measurement is below the federal limit of 10 ng/L (MCL).

+What's the federal limit for Perfluorononanoic acid in drinking water?

The federal MCL for Perfluorononanoic acid is 10 ng/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Perfluorononanoic acid?

Perfluorononanoic acid, a PFAS 'forever chemical.' Regulated by the EPA at 10 parts per trillion and included in the PFAS Hazard Index.

+Where does this Perfluorononanoic acid measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Perfluorononanoic acid 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.

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