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Is Ocean Acres, NJ tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Ocean Acres, 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 4 utilities serving Ocean Acres has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Ocean Acres’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Ocean Acres

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 Ocean Acres, 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 4 miles

    (908) 688-8900

  • J.R. Henderson Labs

    Beachwood, NJ · about 14 miles

    (732) 341-1211

  • ALS Environmental - Toms River

    Toms River, NJ · about 19 miles

    (203) 325-1371

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Ocean Acres

Which ZIP codes are in Ocean Acres: 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.

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