Northport, Village Of, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Northport, Village Of at a glance
Northport, Village Of serves about 526 people through 380 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 Leelanau County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0004810; phone on file: 231-432-0351. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northport, Village Of is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Northport, 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. Northport, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Michigan and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Leelanau County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Northport, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Homestead/Crystal River Water Co | 1,365 | 4 ppb |
| Suttons Bay, Village Of | 874 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elmwood Twp - Timberlee | 510 | 2 ppb |
| Empire, Village Of | 400 | 2.1 ppb |
| Cedar Creek Water Company | 325 | - |
| Elmwood Township | 255 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northport Cottage Owners | 240 | 1 ppb |
| Sugar Loaf Townhouses | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Leelanau School | 82 | 1 ppb |
| Leelanau Co Law Enforcement Center | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Northport, Village Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Northport, 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.