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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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What About Lead?

Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority - click here to return to the utility page.

According to EWG’s analysis of 2019 lead testing results, this utility complied with federal water quality regulations for lead. Under the federal Lead and Copper Rule, lead concentrations must be below 15 parts per billion (ppb) in 90 percent of households sampled. If this legal limit is exceeded, the water utility must apply measures to control lead leaching from water pipes.

Number of lead samples taken in 2019: 30

Highest level detected in 2019: 26.5 ppb

Levels of lead detected


Complying with the EPA's lead rules doesn't mean that the water is safe for children to drink. The EPA’s recent modeling suggests that lead concentrations in the 3.8 to 15 ppb range can put a formula-fed baby at risk of elevated blood lead levels. In 2009, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment set a public health goal level of 0.2 ppb for lead in drinking water to protect against even subtle IQ loss in children.

Lead Results, 2019

Samples in red indicate that the sample is above the EPA action level.

DateLab IDResult
2019-07-25AB4274026.5 ppb
2019-07-24AB4239014.5 ppb
2019-07-24AB4239610.3 ppb
2019-08-02AB424006.08 ppb
2019-07-24AB423984.45 ppb
2019-07-24AB423972.67 ppb
2019-07-24AB424022.20 ppb
2019-07-29AB427432.20 ppb
2019-07-25AB42741ND
2019-07-24AB42401ND
2019-07-24AB42392ND
2019-07-24AB42395ND
2019-07-25AB42739ND
2019-07-24AB42410ND
2019-07-31AB43045ND
2019-08-01AB43046ND
2019-08-06AB43047ND
2019-07-24AB42404ND
2019-07-24AB42391ND
2019-07-24AB42403ND
2019-07-24AB42405ND
2019-07-24AB42399ND
2019-07-24AB42409ND
2019-07-24AB42393ND
2019-07-24AB42408ND
2019-07-24AB42389ND
2019-07-24AB42407ND
2019-07-24AB42406ND
2019-07-24AB42394ND
2019-07-24AB42742ND
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