Michigan State University, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Michigan State University at a glance
Michigan State University serves about 12,793 people through 300 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ingham County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0004340; phone on file: 517-355-3314. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Michigan State University is 50 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 50 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 9 ppb |
How Michigan State University 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. Michigan State University's 2 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Michigan and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Ingham County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Michigan State University. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lansing Board Of Water & Light | 166,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Lansing, City Of | 33,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meridian Township | 25,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mason, City Of | 8,252 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lansing Township | 5,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamston, City Of | 3,917 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leslie, City Of | 1,872 | 6 ppb |
| Webberville, Village Of | 1,503 | 1 ppb |
| Stockbridge, Village Of | 1,252 | 0 (not detected) |
| Windmill Park | 950 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Lansing, 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 Michigan State University whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1510 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.