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Borough of Woodbine

What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
2,650 people
Connections
534
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Woodbine Boro, NJ
County
Cape May
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

08270

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Copper, above the action level. 5 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2018 to 2021.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and arsenic: New Jersey’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2020 to 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Nitrate, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from May 1, 2012 to Dec. 30, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the legal limit1

Copper

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

1.9ppm

90th percentile, 2021

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.9 ppm, above EPA’s action level of 1.3 ppm.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

16.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023 average: 0.56 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 16.9 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 0.56 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 16 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

10.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.0 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 8.8 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.45ppm

Highest sample; found in 4 of 8

2019, one sample: 0.1 ppm

The highest sample, in 2015, was 0.45 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2019, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.1 ppm.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.5 ppb, in 2012, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Fluoride
  • Lead
  • Uranium

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper RuleWater chemistry used to keep pipes from corroding was outside the required range.EPA: WQP Entry Point/Tap Treatment Technique Non-ComplianceJuly 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025—Archived
Lead and Copper RuleWater chemistry used to keep pipes from corroding was outside the required range.EPA: WQP Entry Point/Tap Treatment Technique Non-ComplianceJan. 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025—Archived
Lead and Copper RuleOCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/DemonstrationOct. 9, 2024—Resolved
Lead and Copper RuleA required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationJan. 1, 2022—Resolved
Lead and Copper RuleA required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationApril 1, 2019—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 22 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and arsenic results here are New Jersey’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Nitrate, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Borough of Woodbine’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for New Jersey cover 2020 to 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from May 1, 2012 to Dec. 30, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Borough of Woodbine’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab New Jersey certifies.

The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to the area Borough of Woodbine serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Cape Environmental Testing Laboratory

    Cape May Court House, NJ · about 11 miles

    (609) 463-0077

  • Vineland Environmental Laboratories LLC

    Vineland, NJ · about 15 miles

    (856) 692-6800

  • Eurofins Philadelphia - Vineland

    Vineland, NJ · about 19 miles

    (215) 355-3900

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

Sources

PWSID NJ0516001. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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