Alabaster Township, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.68 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
Alabaster Township at a glance
Alabaster Township serves about 86 people through 47 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 Iosco County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000082; phone on file: 989-362-3171. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.68 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Alabaster Township is 9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.68 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 9 ppb |
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. Alabaster Township's 1.68 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Michigan and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Iosco County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Alabaster Township. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oscoda Township | 6,997 | 3 ppb |
| East Tawas, City Of | 2,663 | 1 ppb |
| Au Sable Township | 2,370 | 2 ppb |
| Tawas City, City Of | 1,834 | 4 ppb |
| Baldwin Township | 650 | 1 ppb |
| Hale Homestead Apartments | 72 | 31 ppb |
| Hale Creek Manor | 43 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whittemore Square Apartments | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northern Pines | 13 | 18 ppb |
| Huron Shore Regional Utility Authority | 1 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tawas City, MI 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 Alabaster 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.