Camden County Pwsd # 5, FL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Camden County Pwsd # 5 serves about 1,735 people through 623 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Camden County, Florida. EPA system ID: MO3302557; phone on file: 573-280-5416. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Camden County Pwsd # 5's lead record
That is down 2.31 ppb from 2.31 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Camden County Pwsd # 5 is 2.31 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.74 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.74 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.34 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.34 ppb |
How Camden County Pwsd # 5 compares
Of the 1,481 Florida systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 85 have gone over at some point. Camden County Pwsd # 5's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Florida and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
1 other system shares Camden County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Camden County Pwsd # 5. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Beulah Mobile Home Park | 18 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Camden County Pwsd # 5's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Camden County Pwsd # 5 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.