Clare, City Of, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Clare, City Of serves about 3,118 people through 1,175 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 Clare County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001420; phone on file: 989-386-7541. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Clare, City Of's lead record
That is down 22.6 ppb from 24 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clare, City Of is 27 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 27 ppb over 15 |
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. Clare, City Of's 1.4 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Michigan and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Clare County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clare, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Harrison, City Of | 1,100 | 2.2 ppb |
| Farwell, Village Of | 871 | 2.2 ppb |
| North Woods Nursing Center | 71 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Clare, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clare, 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 Clare, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. More in what a past exceedance means today.