Horton Bay Club, 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
Horton Bay Club serves about 60 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Charlevoix County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003229. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Horton Bay Club is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
How Horton Bay Club 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. Horton Bay Club's 1 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in Michigan and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Charlevoix County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Horton Bay Club. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boyne City, City Of | 3,735 | 1 ppb |
| Charlevoix | 3,124 | - |
| East Jordan, City Of | 2,215 | 4 ppb |
| Charlevoix Township | 1,700 | 3 ppb |
| Boyne Mountain Resort | 950 | 26 ppb |
| Walloon Lake Water System | 399 | 4 ppb |
| Boyne Falls, Village Of | 370 | - |
| Lake Michigan Heights | 270 | - |
| Melrose-Chandler Water, Llc | 261 | 25 ppb |
| Hemingway Pointe Club Owners Association | 250 | - |
Next steps for Boyne City, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Boyne City, 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 Horton Bay Club 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.