New Jersey / Salem County
Oldmans tap water
The 2025 report from the utility that serves Oldmans doesn't include PFAS results.
Where the water comes from
Penns Grove System is a public community water system consisting of 6 wells that draw from the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy (PRM) Aquifer. This system may receive additional supply through an interconnection with our Logan System, which consists primarily of PRM groundwater, but may also include treated surface water from the Delaware River.
From the 2025 water quality report for the New Jersey American Water, Penns Grove system.
PFAS ("forever chemicals")
The 2025 report doesn't include regulated PFAS results. EPA's nationwide PFAS testing (UCMR 5) may still cover this system; see the sources below.
Also detected, with no drinking water limit yet: lithium.
Hardness and lead
- Hardness
- 115 mg/L6.7 grains per gallon, moderately hard
- Lead, 90th percentile of home taps
- 1 ppbAction level: 15 ppb
Estimate a water softener size for your home
How it works: grains per day = people × gallons × hardness, with 4 grains added for each ppm of iron. We size up so the softener can run on its salt-saving setting, which gives roughly three quarters of its rated capacity.
Lead mostly comes from service lines and plumbing inside homes, not from the treatment plant. Your own tap can differ from the system-wide number.
What you can do
Your utility's PFAS results were below the federal limits. If you still want a filter, or you're concerned about lead from your home's pipes, look for one certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 53 for the contaminant you care about.
You can check any filter's certification on the certifiers' own sites: NSF, WQA and IAPMO.
Sources. 2025 water quality report, New Jersey American Water, Penns Grove system; EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System; EPA UCMR 5. Public water system ID NJ1707001.
Values checked against the original report in September 2026. See how we check the data. Found an error? Tell us and we'll correct it.
Other towns on the same water system
These towns get their water from the New Jersey American Water, Penns Grove system, so their results match Oldmans's: