Metals · 2025
Sodium in Lakewood, NJ tap water
Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Sodium at or above the federal limit (50 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.4× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | 69.9 mg/L | 50 mg/L MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 37.2 mg/L | 50 mg/L MCL |
Range Range Detected | 4.1 mg/L | 50 mg/L MCL |
Range Range Detected | 8 mg/L | 50 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Sodium
A naturally occurring salt component.
Not federally regulated for health; relevant for people on sodium-restricted diets.
How Lakewood, NJ compares
5 of the 219 systems measuring Sodium on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Sodium:
People also ask
+Is there Sodium in Lakewood, NJ tap water?
Yes — Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sodium at 69.9 mg/L. Lakewood, NJ's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report shows Sodium at or above the federal limit (50 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 1.4× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Sodium in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Sodium is 50 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Sodium?
A naturally occurring salt component. Not federally regulated for health; relevant for people on sodium-restricted diets.
+Which other U.S. cities have Sodium over the federal limit?
5 of the 219 systems on The Water Map measuring Sodium report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include San Diego, CA, Pomona, CA, Burbank, CA.
+Where does this Sodium measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Sodium 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.