Beulah, Village Of, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8 ppb (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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Beulah, Village Of at a glance
Beulah, Village Of serves about 380 people through 360 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 Benzie County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000680; phone on file: 231-492-4405. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 4 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beulah, Village Of is 30 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 30 ppb over 15 |
How Beulah, Village Of 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. Beulah, Village Of's 8 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Michigan and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Benzie County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Beulah, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Frankfort, City Of | 1,286 | - |
| Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa | 700 | 3 ppb |
| Benzonia Village Of | 511 | 1 ppb |
| Thompsonville, Village Of | 438 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elberta, Village Of | 372 | - |
| Crystal Ridge Condominium Association | 80 | - |
| Buena Vista Estates | 79 | 1 ppb |
| Crystal Highlands Subdivision | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buttercup Shores | 40 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beulah, 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 Beulah, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.