Litchfield, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Litchfield serves about 1,310 people through 563 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hillsdale County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003920; phone on file: 517-542-2921. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Litchfield is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Litchfield's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 24th percentile in Michigan and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Hillsdale County
11 other systems share Hillsdale County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Litchfield. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale | 8,163 | 2 ppb |
| Jonesville | 2,258 | 3 ppb |
| Reading | 1,078 | 2.5 ppb |
| Michindoh Conference Center | 779 | - |
| Waldron | 538 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camden | 512 | 1 ppb |
| Somerset Centre Estates | 368 | 0 (not detected) |
| State Road Country Living Mhc | 73 | 1 ppb |
| Creekside Mhc | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillside Acres | 48 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Litchfield'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 Litchfield 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.