Akron Township, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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
Akron Township serves about 219 people through 15 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Tuscola County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000072; phone on file: 989-439-7237. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Akron Township's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Akron Township is 0.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Michigan systems
Of the 1,227 Michigan systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 31 are over 15 ppb right now and 109 have gone over at some point. Akron Township's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Michigan and the 16th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Tuscola County
10 other systems share Tuscola County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Akron Township. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Caro, City Of | 5,029 | 5.1 ppb |
| Vassar, City Of | 2,697 | 1 ppb |
| Cass City, Village Of | 2,428 | 0 (not detected) |
| Millington, Village Of | 1,072 | 2 ppb |
| Mayville, Village Of | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Unionville, Village Of | 508 | 4 ppb |
| Wisner Area Water System | 504 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kingston, Village Of | 440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Akron | 402 | - |
| Gagetown, Village Of | 388 | 3 ppb |
Next steps for Bay City, MI
Look up your address in Akron Township'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 Akron Township 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.