Midland, City Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.48 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Midland, City Of at a glance
Midland, City Of serves about 42,547 people through 16,442 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 surface water, in Midland County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0004370; phone on file: 989-837-3518. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (2.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Midland, City Of is 5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
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. Midland, City Of's 2.48 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Michigan and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Midland County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Midland, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Midland Co., Water Dist. No. 1 Of | 11,000 | 3 ppb |
| Homer Township | 3,097 | 2.66 ppb |
| Larkin Township | 2,878 | 2.13 ppb |
| Midland Charter Township | 1,348 | 5.59 ppb |
| Coleman, City Of | 1,243 | 2 ppb |
| Mills Township | 450 | 8.37 ppb |
| Yoder Apartments | 90 | - |
Next steps for Midland, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Midland, 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 Midland, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.