Cadillac, City Of, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Cadillac, City Of at a glance
Cadillac, City Of serves about 10,355 people through 3,964 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 Wexford County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001030; phone on file: 231-775-0181. 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 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cadillac, City Of is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Cadillac, City Of 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. Cadillac, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Michigan and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Wexford County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cadillac, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manton, City Of | 1,287 | 3 ppb |
| Haring Charter Township | 839 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buckley, Village Of | 529 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mesick, Village Of | 397 | 2 ppb |
| Cedar Creek Township | 124 | 0 (not detected) |
| Curry House Assisted Living Center | 76 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Mitchell Condominium Association | 25 | - |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Cadillac, City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Cadillac, City Of 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.