Manistee Forest Pines Estates, 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.
Manistee Forest Pines Estates at a glance
Manistee Forest Pines Estates serves about 174 people through 75 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mason County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040332. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Manistee Forest Pines Estates is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Manistee Forest Pines Estates 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 Forest Pines Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Michigan and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Mason County
7 other systems share Mason County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Manistee Forest Pines Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ludington | 8,184 | 1.4 ppb |
| Scottville, City Of | 1,536 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tamarac Village | 873 | - |
| Pere Marquette Twp - Wells | 455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pere Marquette Twp - Customer | 339 | 5 ppb |
| Holiday Village Mobile Home Park | 185 | 2 ppb |
| Tall Oaks Condominums | 65 | - |
Next steps for Manistee, MI
Look up your address in Manistee Forest Pines Estates'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 Manistee Forest Pines Estates 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.