North Muskegon, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.5 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Muskegon serves about 3,786 people through 1,615 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Muskegon County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0004780; phone on file: 231-744-1621. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.4 ppb from 3.1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Muskegon is 6.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Muskegon's 6.5 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Michigan and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Muskegon County
23 other systems share Muskegon County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than North Muskegon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Muskegon | 37,213 | 5.4 ppb |
| Norton Shores | 23,994 | 2.1 ppb |
| Muskegon Heights | 9,917 | 2.8 ppb |
| Fruitport Township | 9,355 | 11.7 ppb |
| Muskegon Co Eastside Water System | 7,135 | 4.1 ppb |
| Musk Co Northside Water System | 5,133 | 2 ppb |
| Roosevelt Park | 4,172 | 1.9 ppb |
| Whitehall | 2,902 | 2 ppb |
| Montague | 2,479 | 3 ppb |
| Arlington Woods | 1,650 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for North Muskegon, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North Muskegon, 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 Muskegon 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.