Brighton, City Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Brighton, City Of at a glance
Brighton, City Of serves about 10,210 people through 4,084 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 groundwater, in Livingston County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000860; phone on file: 810-844-5115. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brighton, City Of is 2 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 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. Brighton, City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Michigan and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
42 other systems share Livingston County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brighton, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mhog Sewer & Water Authority | 17,046 | 1 ppb |
| Howell, City Of | 9,914 | 0 (not detected) |
| Livingston Community Water Authority | 4,152 | 6 ppb |
| Hartland Township | 3,022 | 5 ppb |
| Fowlerville, Village Of | 2,951 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinckney, Village Of | 2,353 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Pointe | 2,000 | 1 ppb |
| Cidermill Crossings | 1,863 | 3 ppb |
| Fonda Lake Water Authority | 1,705 | 2 ppb |
| Hartland Meadows | 1,543 | - |
Next steps for Brighton, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brighton, 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 Brighton, City Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1350 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.