Barry Township, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Barry Township
Barry Township serves about 260 people through 104 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 groundwater, in Barry County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000426. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Barry Township is 1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 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. Barry Township's 1 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Michigan and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Barry County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Barry Township. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 7,514 | 3 ppb |
| Middleville | 3,309 | 2.87 ppb |
| Nashville | 1,628 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yankee Springs Township | 660 | 4 ppb |
| Thornapple Lake Estates | 538 | 0 (not detected) |
| Freeport | 483 | 1.78 ppb |
| Mcti | 460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Thornapple Manor | 328 | 3 ppb |
| Gun Lake Mobile Home Community | 148 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barry'S Resort | 125 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Delton, 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 Barry 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.