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Is Barnegat, NJ tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Barnegat, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Barnegat has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Barnegat Twp Water Sewer, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Barnegat’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Barnegat Twp Water Sewer’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Barnegat

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab New Jersey certifies.

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

  • Garden State Labs - Jersey Shore Lab

    Waretown, NJ · about 5 miles

    (908) 688-8900

  • J.R. Henderson Labs

    Beachwood, NJ · about 13 miles

    (732) 341-1211

  • ALS Environmental - Toms River

    Toms River, NJ · about 17 miles

    (203) 325-1371

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Barnegat

Which ZIP codes are in Barnegat: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: NJDEP Office of Quality Assurance, certified drinking water labs; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Barnegat

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