State Correctional Inst, PA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
About State Correctional Inst
State Correctional Inst serves about 2,522 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 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA7210046; phone on file: 717-737-4531. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 12 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for State Correctional Inst is 12 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 10 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 516 Pennsylvania systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 2 ppb; 143 are over 15 ppb right now and 156 have gone over at some point. State Correctional Inst's 12 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cumberland County
26 other systems share Cumberland County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than State Correctional Inst. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pa American Water Co West | 105,127 | 0 (not detected) |
| Veolia Mechanicsburg | 45,013 | 3.3 ppb |
| Carlisle Water Trmt Plt | 26,000 | 2.6 ppb |
| Shippensburg Boro Water Auth | 17,800 | 1 ppb |
| South Middleton Twp Water Auth | 11,695 | 1.8 ppb |
| N Middleton Water Auth | 8,455 | 2 ppb |
| Middlesex Twp Muni Auth | 3,527 | 2.5 ppb |
| Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth | 3,261 | - |
| Newville Boro Water Auth | 2,070 | - |
| Us Army Garrison | 1,700 | 60.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Camp Hill, PA 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 State Correctional Inst 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.