Lincoln Pines, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Lincoln Pines serves about 390 people through 156 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Kent County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040586. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lincoln Pines's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lincoln Pines is 0.84 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.84 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Lincoln Pines's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Michigan and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
42 other systems share Kent County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lincoln Pines. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | 306,901 | 6.98 ppb |
| Wyoming | 76,501 | 1.7 ppb |
| Plainfield Township | 42,271 | 1.5 ppb |
| Byron-Gaines Utility Authority | 37,464 | 1.6 ppb |
| Kentwood | 36,072 | 2.99 ppb |
| Grandville | 15,948 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Grand Rapids | 11,637 | 10.1 ppb |
| Ada Township | 7,584 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockford | 7,160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caledonia Township | 4,573 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Lincoln Pines'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 Lincoln Pines 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.