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Is Cape May, NJ tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Cape May, 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.

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The short answer

1 of the 4 utilities serving Cape May has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Cape May Water & Sewer U.

Lower Twp Mua, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Cape May’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 Lower Twp Mua’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 Cape May

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 Cape May, 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 33 miles

    (856) 692-6800

  • Eurofins Philadelphia - Vineland

    Vineland, NJ · about 36 miles

    (215) 355-3900

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Cape May

Which ZIP codes are in Cape May: 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 Cape May

Other towns in Cape May County with a page of their own.

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