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New Jersey has some of the strictest standards for public drinking water anywhere and one of the most comprehensive private well testing requirements in the country.

New Jersey has some of the strictest standards for public drinking water anywhere and one of the most comprehensive private well testing requirements in the country.

Drinking Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater In New Jersey, about 60% of drinking water service comes from surface waters like rivers and reservoirs. The remainder is from shallow or deep aquifers.

To reduce the potential risks from lead in drinking water, New Jersey enacted a law in July 2021 that requires drinking water systems to inventory service lines, notify residents of the potential presence of lead in their service lines, and plan for the replacement of all lead service lines within 10 years.

The Action Level is 0.015 milligrams of lead per liter of water (0.015 mg/L). Under a formula developed by USEPA, when more than ten percent of results exceed the Action Level, the water utility must take steps to reduce the corrosivity of the water to minimize the leaching of lead.

To reduce the potential risks from lead in drinking water, New Jersey enacted a law in July 2021 that requires drinking water systems to inventory service lines, notify residents of the potential presence of lead in their service lines, and plan for the replacement of all lead service lines within 10 years.

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In the areas where water quality is getting worse, most of the blame is placed on nonpoint pollution — pollution associated with runoff and other dispersed sources — which virtually all agree is the biggest problem affecting all New Jersey's watersheds.