Genesee County Water System, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Genesee County Water System at a glance
Genesee County Water System serves about 73,726 people through 19,453 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Genesee County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0002615; phone on file: 810-732-7870. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Genesee County Water System is 0 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Genesee County Water System 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. Genesee County Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th percentile in Michigan and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Genesee County
33 other systems share Genesee County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Genesee County Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Flint, City Of | 81,252 | 3 ppb |
| Burton, City Of | 21,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Charter Township Of Grand Blanc | 21,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fenton, City Of | 11,746 | 1 ppb |
| Beecher Metropolitan District | 9,400 | 3 ppb |
| Genesee Township | 8,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flushing, City Of | 8,311 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grand Blanc, City Of | 8,276 | 4 ppb |
| Swartz Creek, City Of | 5,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Davison, City Of | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Flint, MI
Look up your address in Genesee County Water System'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 Genesee County Water System 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.