Armada, Village Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About Armada, Village Of
Armada, Village Of serves about 1,794 people through 621 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 Macomb County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000240; phone on file: 586-784-9151. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Armada, Village Of's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Armada, Village Of is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Armada, Village Of's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Michigan and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Macomb County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Armada, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Warren, City Of | 134,056 | 2.7 ppb |
| Sterling Heights, City Of | 127,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clinton Township | 100,513 | 1.2 ppb |
| Macomb Township | 90,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shelby Township | 72,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Clair Shores, City Of | 59,715 | 1.1 ppb |
| Roseville, City Of | 47,299 | 8.68 ppb |
| Chesterfield Township | 41,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastpointe, City Of | 32,442 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harrison Township | 24,314 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Armada, 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 Armada, Village Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.