Is Gibbstown, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
Greenwich Twp W Dept serves Gibbstown. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 22.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Gibbstown
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to Gibbstown, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Aqua Pennsylvania Inc.
Bryn Mawr, PA · about 13 miles
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Pennsauken
Pennsauken, NJ · about 15 miles
Eurofins Built Environment Testing East
Cherry Hill, NJ · about 17 miles
ZIP codes in Gibbstown
Which ZIP codes are in Gibbstown: 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 Gibbstown
Other towns in Gloucester County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Greenwich Twp W Dept’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water