Buena Vista Estates, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Buena Vista Estates serves about 79 people through 68 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Benzie County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040051; phone on file: 231-499-0064. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Buena Vista Estates's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Buena Vista Estates is 1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
How Buena Vista Estates 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. Buena Vista Estates's 1 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in Michigan and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Benzie County
9 other systems share Benzie County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Buena Vista Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Frankfort, City Of | 1,286 | - |
| Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa | 700 | 3 ppb |
| Benzonia Village Of | 511 | 1 ppb |
| Thompsonville, Village Of | 438 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beulah, Village Of | 380 | 8 ppb |
| Elberta, Village Of | 372 | - |
| Crystal Ridge Condominium Association | 80 | - |
| Crystal Highlands Subdivision | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buttercup Shores | 40 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Traverse City, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Traverse 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 Buena Vista Estates 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.