Cottage Cove On Elk Lake, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Cottage Cove On Elk Lake at a glance
Cottage Cove On Elk Lake serves about 34 people through 15 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Antrim County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001643; phone on file: 231-264-8754. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 4 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cottage Cove On Elk Lake is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Against other Michigan systems
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. Cottage Cove On Elk Lake's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Michigan and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Antrim County
12 other systems share Antrim County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cottage Cove On Elk Lake. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mancelona Area Water And Sewer Authority | 3,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elk Rapids, Village Of | 1,642 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shanty Creek - Watars Association | 1,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellaire, Village Of | 1,086 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Lake, Village Of | 952 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellsworth, Village Of | 349 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Med Care Facility | 154 | 375 ppb |
| Sunset Torch Association | 84 | - |
| Maplewood Ridge Condominiums | 80 | - |
| Bay Harbor Club | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Kewadin, MI
Look up your address in Cottage Cove On Elk Lake'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 Cottage Cove On Elk Lake 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.