Berkley, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Berkley serves about 14,970 people through 6,900 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Oakland County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000630; phone on file: 248-658-3499. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.3 ppb from 6.7 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Berkley is 14 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 ppb |
| 2025 | 6.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 10 ppb |
| 2022 | 9.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 6.21 ppb |
How Berkley compares
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. Berkley's 9 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Michigan and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
105 other systems share Oakland County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Berkley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Troy | 85,854 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rochester Hills | 74,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Waterford Township | 73,441 | 1 ppb |
| Southfield | 71,739 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pontiac | 63,776 | 1.6 ppb |
| Royal Oak, City Of | 57,236 | 4 ppb |
| Farmington Hills, City Of | 56,984 | 0 (not detected) |
| Novi, City Of | 56,780 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Bloomfield Township | 49,479 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bloomfield Township | 41,691 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Berkley, 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 Berkley 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.