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Is Mystic Island, NJ tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Mystic Island, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Mystic Island has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 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 Mystic Island’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 Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu’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 Mystic Island

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 Mystic Island, 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 16 miles

    (908) 688-8900

  • J.R. Henderson Labs

    Beachwood, NJ · about 25 miles

    (732) 341-1211

  • ALS Environmental - Toms River

    Toms River, NJ · about 30 miles

    (203) 325-1371

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Mystic Island

Which ZIP codes are in Mystic Island: 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 Mystic Island

Other towns in Ocean County with a page of their own.

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