Ellsworth, Village Of, 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.
About Ellsworth, Village Of
Ellsworth, Village Of serves about 349 people through 226 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Antrim County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0002110; phone on file: 231-588-7411. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ellsworth, Village Of is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Ellsworth, Village Of 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. Ellsworth, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Michigan and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Antrim County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ellsworth, Village Of. 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) |
| Meadowbrook Med Care Facility | 154 | 375 ppb |
| Sunset Torch Association | 84 | - |
| Maplewood Ridge Condominiums | 80 | - |
| Bay Harbor Club | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mancelona Area Wsa - The Chief | 40 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Ellsworth, Village Of'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 Ellsworth, Village 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.