Is West Freehold, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving West Freehold have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Freehold Borough Water D and NJ American Water - Coastal North.
Freehold Twp Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 7.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
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 West Freehold’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Freehold Twp Water Dept
New Jersey · serves 29,831 people · about 4,100 in West Freehold
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 7.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Freehold Borough Water D
New Jersey · serves 11,029 people · about 1,600 in West Freehold
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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NJ American Water - Coastal North
New Jersey · serves 377,613 people · about 750 in West Freehold
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 7.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Freehold Twp Water Dept’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA
Water testing near West Freehold
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to West Freehold, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
E Runyon T/A Aquatic Services
Howell, NJ · about 7 miles
Lyons Environmental Services LLC
Neptune, NJ · about 11 miles
SGS North America Inc. - Dayton
Dayton, NJ · about 15 miles
ZIP codes in West Freehold
Which ZIP codes are in West Freehold: 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 West Freehold
Other towns in Monmouth County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Freehold Twp Water Dept’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOARanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water