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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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What About Lead?

Aqua NJ - Califon - 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: 40

Highest level detected in 2019: 3.4 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
2019-12-09AG431543.40 ppb
2019-12-09AG43153ND
2019-12-07AG43165ND
2019-12-08AG43150ND
2019-12-08AG43149ND
2019-12-09AG43163ND
2019-12-09AG43162ND
2019-12-09AG43158ND
2019-12-09AG43155ND
2019-12-09AG43156ND
2019-12-07AG43166ND
2019-12-09AG43161ND
2019-12-10AG43157ND
2019-12-10AG43164ND
2019-12-11AG43151ND
2019-12-12AG43152ND
2019-12-17AG43506ND
2019-12-18AG43505ND
2019-12-18AG43504ND
2019-12-19AG43507ND
2019-03-07AG10896ND
2019-03-02AG10901ND
2019-03-02AG10900ND
2019-03-02AG11289ND
2019-03-03AG10897ND
2019-03-04AG10898ND
2019-03-04AG10903ND
2019-03-05AG10895ND
2019-03-05AG10894ND
2019-03-05AG10899ND
2019-03-02AG10902ND
2019-03-08AG11290ND
2019-03-18AG11952ND
2019-03-18AG11953ND
2019-03-18AG11954ND
2019-03-19AG11956ND
2019-03-19AG11955ND
2019-03-19AG12878ND
2019-03-26AG12877ND
2019-04-03AG13919ND
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