Picnic Grove Mobile Homes, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.46 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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Picnic Grove Mobile Homes serves about 250 people through 100 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Salem County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1710003; phone on file: 352-933-0072. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.62 ppb from 3.08 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Picnic Grove Mobile Homes is 12 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.46 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.08 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2024 | 7 ppb |
| 2021 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 5.6 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. Picnic Grove Mobile Homes's 0.46 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in New Jersey and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Salem County
14 other systems share Salem County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Picnic Grove Mobile Homes. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nj American Water - Penns Grove | 14,406 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. | 13,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nj American Water - Salem City | 4,794 | 2 ppb |
| Woodstown Water Department | 4,455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elmer Boro W Dept | 1,385 | 1.5 ppb |
| Harding Woods Mhp | 1,276 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holly Tree Acres System 1 | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Club Estates | 300 | 5.3 ppb |
| Big Oak Rehab | 259 | 3.75 ppb |
| Auburn Village Water Sup | 200 | 6.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pittsgove, 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 Picnic Grove Mobile Homes 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.