Huron Dunes Subdivision, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Huron Dunes Subdivision serves about 175 people through 77 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Huron County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003315. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Huron Dunes Subdivision is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
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. Huron Dunes Subdivision's 2 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Michigan and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Huron County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Huron Dunes Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Axe | 3,129 | 3 ppb |
| Caseville Township | 2,005 | 2 ppb |
| Sebewaing Light & Water | 1,721 | 14 ppb |
| Harbor Beach, City Of | 1,604 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pigeon, Village Of | 1,208 | 7 ppb |
| Port Hope-Gore-Rubicon U. A. | 1,058 | 6 ppb |
| Port Austin Area Sewer & Water | 1,004 | 1.3 ppb |
| Ubly, Village Of | 858 | 1.5 ppb |
| Elkton, Village Of | 808 | 4.1 ppb |
| Caseville, City Of | 777 | - |
Next steps for Port Austin, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Austin, 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 Huron Dunes Subdivision 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.