Imlay City, City Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Imlay City, City Of serves about 3,579 people through 2,055 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 surface water, in Lapeer County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003340; phone on file: 810-724-2135. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Imlay City, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Imlay City, City Of is 5 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.41 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Imlay City, City Of 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. Imlay City, City Of's 4 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Michigan and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Lapeer County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Imlay City, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lapeer, City Of | 9,023 | 0 (not detected) |
| Almont, Village Of | 2,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dryden, Village Of | 1,034 | 1 ppb |
| North Branch, Village Of | 1,021 | 2 ppb |
| Columbiaville, Village Of | 787 | 1 ppb |
| Metamora, Village Of | 565 | 8 ppb |
| Pine River Ridge | 425 | - |
| Clifford, Village Of | 324 | 1 ppb |
| Deerfield Pines Mobile Home Park | 308 | - |
| Ideal Villa Manufactured Home Community | 266 | 10 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Imlay 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 Imlay City, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.