Is Pine Beach, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Pine Beach has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Pine Beach Water Dept, 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 Pine Beach’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Pine Beach Water Dept
New Jersey · serves 2,140 people · about 1,400 in Pine Beach
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Aqua NJ - Eastern Division
New Jersey · serves 12,200 people · about 490 in Pine Beach
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Pine Beach
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to Pine Beach, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
J.R. Henderson Labs
Beachwood, NJ · about 2 miles
ALS Environmental - Toms River
Toms River, NJ · about 6 miles
Garden State Labs - Jersey Shore Lab
Waretown, NJ · about 11 miles
ZIP codes in Pine Beach
Which ZIP codes are in Pine Beach: 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 Pine Beach
Other towns in Ocean County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Pine Beach Water Dept’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