Is Ocean View, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Ocean View has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Oceanview Ctr for Rehab and Continuing C.
NJ American Water - Ocean City, 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 View’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
NJ American Water - Ocean City
New Jersey · serves 127,000 people · about 160 in Ocean View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Shore Acres Mobile Home
New Jersey · serves 392 people · under 100 in Ocean View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Oceanview Ctr for Rehab and Continuing C
New Jersey · serves 120 people · under 100 in Ocean View
1 result above the action level and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 2.6 ppm, above the action level.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Ocean View
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to Ocean View, 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 8 miles
Vineland Environmental Laboratories LLC
Vineland, NJ · about 21 miles
Eurofins Philadelphia - Vineland
Vineland, NJ · about 25 miles
ZIP codes in Ocean View
Which ZIP codes are in Ocean View: 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 Ocean View
Other towns in Cape May County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read NJ American Water - Ocean City’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water