New Lothrop, Village Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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.
About New Lothrop, Village Of
New Lothrop, Village Of serves about 610 people through 260 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 Shiawassee County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0004700; phone on file: 810-638-5600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Lothrop, Village Of is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
How New Lothrop, Village 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. New Lothrop, Village Of's 2 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in Michigan and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Shiawassee County
17 other systems share Shiawassee County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Lothrop, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Owosso, City Of | 16,353 | 9 ppb |
| Durand, City Of | 3,446 | 3 ppb |
| Perry, City Of | 2,065 | 3 ppb |
| Corunna, City Of | 2,028 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bancroft, Village Of | 616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Byron, Village Of | 581 | 2 ppb |
| Woods And Fields Communities East | 528 | - |
| Countryside Village | 490 | 1 ppb |
| Morrice Meadows | 258 | - |
| Northwoods Community | 238 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Lothrop, 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 New Lothrop, Village 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.