Essexville, City Of, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Essexville, City Of at a glance
Essexville, City Of serves about 3,478 people through 1,881 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Bay County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0002180; phone on file: 989-225-3643. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Essexville, City Of is 19 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 8.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 14 ppb over 10 |
How Essexville, City 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. Essexville, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in Michigan and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Bay County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Essexville, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bay City, City Of | 32,255 | 8 ppb |
| Bangor Township | 11,999 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hampton Township | 9,652 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bay Co. Dept Of Water & Sewer | 8,465 | 3.5 ppb |
| Williams Township | 5,444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monitor Township | 5,217 | 0 (not detected) |
| Frankenlust Township | 3,626 | 1.4 ppb |
| Kawkawlin Township | 3,170 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bangor-Monitor Metro District | 2,971 | 0 (not detected) |
| Auburn | 2,087 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Essexville, 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 Essexville, City 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.