Climax, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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
Climax serves about 767 people through 274 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 Kalamazoo County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001465. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Climax is 3 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
How Climax 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. Climax's 3 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Michigan and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Kalamazoo County
17 other systems share Kalamazoo County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Climax. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo | 192,992 | 4 ppb |
| Portage | 46,292 | 1.8 ppb |
| Vicksburg | 2,906 | - |
| Galesburg | 2,377 | 2.9 ppb |
| Augusta | 885 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nazarene Camp | 648 | 19.5 ppb |
| Royal Estates | 380 | 1.78 ppb |
| Climax Mobile Home Park | 198 | - |
| Evergreen Park | 190 | 1 ppb |
| The Bluffs At Gull Lake | 180 | - |
Next steps for Climax, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Climax, 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 Climax 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.