Blumfield-Reese Water Auth., MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 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. 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
Blumfield-Reese Water Auth. serves about 3,024 people through 1,363 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Saginaw County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000798; phone on file: 989-868-9940. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (2.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blumfield-Reese Water Auth. is 5 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Blumfield-Reese Water Auth.'s 2.7 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Michigan and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
24 other systems share Saginaw County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blumfield-Reese Water Auth.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Saginaw, City Of | 44,058 | 9 ppb |
| Saginaw Charter Township | 40,840 | 1.6 ppb |
| Thomas Township | 11,931 | 1.7 ppb |
| Bridgeport Township | 10,104 | 1.9 ppb |
| Tittabawassee Township | 9,227 | 1.8 ppb |
| Buena Vista Township | 8,676 | 2.5 ppb |
| Carrollton Township | 5,705 | 2 ppb |
| Frankenmuth, City Of | 4,944 | 2.5 ppb |
| Kochville Township | 4,695 | 2.5 ppb |
| Chesaning, Village Of | 2,394 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Reese, 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 Blumfield-Reese Water Auth. 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.