North Morris Estates, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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 Morris Estates serves about 313 people through 598 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Genesee County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040155; phone on file: 810-564-8242. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
North Morris Estates's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Morris Estates is 1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 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. North Morris Estates's 1 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Michigan and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Genesee County
33 other systems share Genesee County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Morris Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Flint, City Of | 81,252 | 3 ppb |
| Genesee County Water System | 73,726 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burton, City Of | 21,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Charter Township Of Grand Blanc | 21,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fenton, City Of | 11,746 | 1 ppb |
| Beecher Metropolitan District | 9,400 | 3 ppb |
| Genesee Township | 8,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flushing, City Of | 8,311 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grand Blanc, City Of | 8,276 | 4 ppb |
| Swartz Creek, City Of | 5,800 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Mount Morris, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mount Morris, 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 Morris 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.