Countryside Village, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Countryside Village
Countryside Village serves about 490 people through 360 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Shiawassee County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040450. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Countryside Village's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Countryside Village is 1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
How Countryside Village 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. Countryside Village's 1 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in Michigan and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Shiawassee County
17 other systems share Shiawassee County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Countryside Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Owosso, City Of | 16,353 | 9 ppb |
| Durand, City Of | 3,446 | 3 ppb |
| Perry, City Of | 2,065 | 3 ppb |
| Corunna, City Of | 2,028 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bancroft, Village Of | 616 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Lothrop, Village Of | 610 | 2 ppb |
| Byron, Village Of | 581 | 2 ppb |
| Woods And Fields Communities East | 528 | - |
| Morrice Meadows | 258 | - |
| Northwoods Community | 238 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Westland, 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 Countryside Village 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.