Ancora Psychiatric Hospi, NJ
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Ancora Psychiatric Hospi at a glance
Ancora Psychiatric Hospi serves about 2,506 people through 50 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws surface water, in Camden County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0436001; phone on file: 609-567-7334. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ancora Psychiatric Hospi's lead record
That is up 7.7 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ancora Psychiatric Hospi is 46 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 7.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 46 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 26 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0.71 ppb |
Against other New Jersey systems
Of the 605 New Jersey systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 52 have gone over at some point. Ancora Psychiatric Hospi's 11 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in New Jersey and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
20 other systems share Camden County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ancora Psychiatric Hospi. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Merchantville Pennsauken | 47,144 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Camden | 46,585 | 1 ppb |
| Aqua Nj - Blackwood | 44,396 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winslow Twp Dmu | 39,174 | 0.66 ppb |
| Collingswood Water Depar | 24,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berlin Water Department | 12,991 | 1.82 ppb |
| Gloucester City W Dept | 12,460 | 2.61 ppb |
| Haddon Twp Water Departm | 11,938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Hill Borough Mua | 10,233 | 3.1 ppb |
| Bellmawr Water Dept | 9,522 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ancora, NJ may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ancora Psychiatric Hospi whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.