Brown City, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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
Brown City serves about 1,316 people through 664 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 groundwater, in Sanilac County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0000930; phone on file: 810-346-2325. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Brown City's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brown City is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
How Brown City 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. Brown City's 2 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Michigan and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Sanilac County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brown City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Worth Township | 3,854 | 0.3 ppb |
| Sandusky, City Of | 2,679 | 0 (not detected) |
| Croswell, City Of | 2,447 | 1 ppb |
| Marlette, City Of | 1,875 | 2 ppb |
| Lexington, Village Of | 1,025 | 2 ppb |
| Forester Township | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forestville Village Of | 836 | 3 ppb |
| Deckerville, Village Of | 830 | 2 ppb |
| Sanilac Township | 674 | 3 ppb |
| Peck, Village Of | 632 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brown City, 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 Brown City 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.