Lake Absegami
Burlington County, New JerseyView mapDirections
NJDEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Absegami. Here is what has been measured.
- Oligotrophic
- Impaired · Mercury
Lake Absegami in Burlington County, New Jersey has water-quality measurements published by NJDEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 7 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.4 µg/L.
Lake Absegami is a cold, clear oligotrophic lake in Burlington County, New Jersey. Compared to the 11 other monitored lakes in Burlington County, Lake Absegami ranks #3 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2021-10-21. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLow algae
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake Absegami is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, metals (other than mercury), nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), pesticides, pCBs. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Lake Absegami is safe to swim in today is a call for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Absegami
These are the measurements NJDEP publishes for Lake Absegami, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 3.3 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 7 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 1.4 µg/L. TSI 42.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 3.3ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 7µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 1.4µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 42 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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EPA Impairment Status
Lake Absegami is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Drinking water, Aquatic life, Fish consumption.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NJ02040301200050-01 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Absegami
Where is Lake Absegami?
- Lake Absegami is a lake in Burlington County, New Jersey. Its water-quality measurements are published by NJDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Absegami?
- Lake Absegami in Burlington County, New Jersey has water-quality measurements published by NJDEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 7 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.4 µg/L.
Is Lake Absegami safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake Absegami is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, metals (other than mercury), nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), pesticides, pCBs. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
86 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2020–2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- NJDEP Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring
NJDEP_BFBM86 samples · 2020–2021
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
Monitoring station identifiers (3)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database