North Branch, 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.
Who runs the water here
North Branch, Village Of serves about 1,021 people through 428 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 Lapeer County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0004770; phone on file: 810-688-2620. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
North Branch, Village Of's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Branch, Village Of is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
How North Branch, 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. North Branch, Village Of's 2 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Michigan and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lapeer County
13 other systems share Lapeer County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Branch, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lapeer, City Of | 9,023 | 0 (not detected) |
| Imlay City, City Of | 3,579 | 4 ppb |
| Almont, Village Of | 2,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dryden, Village Of | 1,034 | 1 ppb |
| Columbiaville, Village Of | 787 | 1 ppb |
| Metamora, Village Of | 565 | 8 ppb |
| Pine River Ridge | 425 | - |
| Clifford, Village Of | 324 | 1 ppb |
| Deerfield Pines Mobile Home Park | 308 | - |
| Ideal Villa Manufactured Home Community | 266 | 10 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North Branch, 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 North Branch, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.