Northern Pines, MI
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 18 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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
About Northern Pines
Northern Pines serves about 13 people through 31 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Iosco County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040212; phone on file: 989-846-0999. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Northern Pines's lead record
That is up 18 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northern Pines is 18 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 18 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Northern Pines 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. Northern Pines's 18 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Michigan and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Iosco County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Northern Pines. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oscoda Township | 6,997 | 3 ppb |
| East Tawas, City Of | 2,663 | 1 ppb |
| Au Sable Township | 2,370 | 2 ppb |
| Tawas City, City Of | 1,834 | 4 ppb |
| Baldwin Township | 650 | 1 ppb |
| Alabaster Township | 86 | 1.68 ppb |
| Hale Homestead Apartments | 72 | 31 ppb |
| Hale Creek Manor | 43 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whittemore Square Apartments | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
| Huron Shore Regional Utility Authority | 1 | - |
Next steps for Standish, MI
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Northern Pines 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.