Kellogg Biological Station, MI
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Kellogg Biological Station at a glance
Kellogg Biological Station serves about 100 people through 8 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 Kalamazoo County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003598; phone on file: 269-671-2500. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 6 ppb from 19 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kellogg Biological Station is 19 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 15.7 ppb over 15 |
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. Kellogg Biological Station's 13 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Michigan and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Kalamazoo County
17 other systems share Kalamazoo County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Kellogg Biological Station. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo | 192,992 | 4 ppb |
| Portage | 46,292 | 1.8 ppb |
| Vicksburg | 2,906 | - |
| Galesburg | 2,377 | 2.9 ppb |
| Augusta | 885 | 0 (not detected) |
| Climax | 767 | 3 ppb |
| Nazarene Camp | 648 | 19.5 ppb |
| Royal Estates | 380 | 1.78 ppb |
| Climax Mobile Home Park | 198 | - |
| Evergreen Park | 190 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hickory Corners, 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 Kellogg Biological Station 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.