Houghton Township, MI
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Houghton Township
Houghton Township serves about 138 people through 60 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 Keweenaw County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0001930; phone on file: 906-337-1970. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Keweenaw County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Harbor Township | 300 | - |
| Grant Township - Copper Harbor | 200 | 0.78 ppb |
| Ahmeek | 148 | 0.29 ppb |
| Sherman Township | 40 | 0.73 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eagle River, 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 Houghton 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.