Manistee, City Of, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Manistee, City Of serves about 6,200 people through 3,000 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 groundwater, in Manistee County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0004030; phone on file: 231-398-2801. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Manistee, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Manistee, City Of is 28 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 28 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Manistee, 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. Manistee, City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Michigan and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Manistee County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Manistee, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Filer Charter Township | 940 | 4 ppb |
| Kaleva, Village Of | 464 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 Manistee, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Manistee, 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 Manistee, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.