Covert Township, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
Covert Township at a glance
Covert Township serves about 1,805 people through 825 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 surface water, in Van Buren County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001661; phone on file: 269-764-8986. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Covert Township is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
How Covert Township 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. Covert Township's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Michigan and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Van Buren County
18 other systems share Van Buren County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Covert Township. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Haven Area Water & Sewer Authority | 8,914 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Paw | 3,362 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hartford | 2,688 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mattawan | 2,550 | 2.26 ppb |
| Bangor | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lawton | 1,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Decatur | 1,838 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lawrence | 1,045 | 2.36 ppb |
| Gobles | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Holiday Estates | 148 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Covert Township'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 Covert Township 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.