Fillmore Township, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Fillmore Township serves about 25 people through 33 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 Allegan County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0002291; phone on file: 269-751-7655. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fillmore Township is 0.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Fillmore Township's 0.7 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in Michigan and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Allegan County
44 other systems share Allegan County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fillmore Township. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Allegan | 5,930 | 1.5 ppb |
| Kalamazoo Lake Sewer & Water Authority | 5,000 | 1.96 ppb |
| Wayland | 4,435 | 2.46 ppb |
| Otsego | 4,120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plainwell | 3,998 | 4 ppb |
| Fennville | 2,438 | - |
| Lake Doster | 1,492 | 0 (not detected) |
| Otsego Township | 1,133 | - |
| Martin | 785 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hunters Glen | 700 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Holland, 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 Fillmore 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.