Beverly Hills, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills serves about 10,451 people through 3,875 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: MI0000690. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beverly Hills is 91.3 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 91.3 ppb over 15 |
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. Beverly Hills's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Michigan and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Oakland County
105 other systems share Oakland County; 47 of them have a higher latest lead result than Beverly Hills. 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) |
Next steps for Beverly Hills, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beverly Hills, 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 Beverly Hills 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.