Bissell Village Mhc, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Bissell Village Mhc at a glance
Bissell Village Mhc serves about 220 people through 110 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Sangamon County, Michigan. EPA system ID: IL1670120; phone on file: 248-702-5900. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bissell Village Mhc's lead record
That is down 4.09 ppb from 4.09 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bissell Village Mhc is 226 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.09 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 226 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. Bissell Village Mhc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Michigan and the 16th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Sangamon County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bissell Village Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pheasant Run Mhp | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northbrook Mhc | 220 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Southfield, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Southfield, 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 Bissell Village Mhc 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.