- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7.
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 12 of 18 samples, average 4.6 ppt, highest 11.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Apr 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 9 of 18 samples, average 3.9 ppt, highest 33.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 10 of 18 samples, average 3.5 ppt, highest 26.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 6 of 18 samples, average 2.9 ppt, highest 10.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Apr 2024)
- 6:2 FTS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 18 samples, average 1.2 ppt, highest 21 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 18 samples, average 0.70 ppt, highest 11.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Apr 2024)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 18 samples, average 0.60 ppt, highest 11.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2023–Apr 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 2.12 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Lakewood tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NJ1514002 · serves Lakewood Twp.-1514, NJ · about 27,614 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Lakewood TWP Mua (EPA NJ1514002)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Lakewood's main utility, Lakewood TWP Mua: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NJ1514002) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Lakewood TWP Mua, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NJ1514002) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Lakewood TWP Mua (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 2.12 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Lakewood TWP Mua use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Lakewood TWP Mua's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.