Grand Ledge, City Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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
Grand Ledge, City Of serves about 8,701 people through 3,006 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 groundwater, in Eaton County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0002770. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 9 ppb from 10 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grand Ledge, City Of is 10 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 10 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 8 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Grand Ledge, City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Michigan and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Eaton County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grand Ledge, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charter Township Of Delta | 21,856 | 1.2 ppb |
| Charlotte, City Of | 9,074 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eaton Rapids, City Of | 5,340 | 4 ppb |
| Potterville, City Of | 2,617 | 2 ppb |
| Olivet, City Of | 1,758 | 1 ppb |
| Bellevue, Village Of | 1,282 | 6 ppb |
| Vermontville, Village Of | 780 | 1 ppb |
| Windsor Estates | 718 | 2 ppb |
| Sunfield, Village Of | 680 | 2 ppb |
| Eaton Green Estates Subdivision | 363 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grand Ledge, 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 Grand Ledge, 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.