Cecil Farms, MI
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Cecil Farms
Cecil Farms serves about 200 people through 80 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Emmet County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001256; phone on file: 231-439-4034. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
37 other systems share Emmet County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Petoskey, City Of | 8,979 | 2 ppb |
| Birchwood Farms | 1,227 | 2.8 ppb |
| Harbor Springs, City Of | 1,194 | 2 ppb |
| Little Traverse Township | 1,102 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bay View Association | 831 | 4.5 ppb |
| Trout Creek Condominiums | 492 | 8 ppb |
| Hidden Hamlet Association | 465 | 55 ppb |
| Highlands At Harbor Springs | 450 | 5 ppb |
| West Traverse Township | 414 | 1 ppb |
| L'Arbre Croche Club | 330 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Petoskey, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Petoskey, 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 Cecil Farms 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.