Kaleva, Village Of, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2019-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Kaleva, Village Of
Kaleva, Village Of serves about 464 people through 302 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 Manistee County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003550; phone on file: 231-362-3366. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kaleva, Village Of is 3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 3 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. Kaleva, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Michigan and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Manistee County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kaleva, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manistee, City Of | 6,200 | 1 ppb |
| Filer Charter Township | 940 | 4 ppb |
| Camp Arcadia / Lca | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bear Lake, Village Of | 318 | 2 ppb |
| Portage Point Inn | 125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kamp Villa Rv Park | 100 | 7 ppb |
| Valleywood Cove Condominium Association | 50 | - |
| Valley Side Apartments | 45 | 3 ppb |
| Pirates Cove Condominiums | 38 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Kaleva, MI
Look up your address in Kaleva, Village Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Kaleva, Village 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.