Omer, City Of, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9 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.
Omer, City Of at a glance
Omer, City Of serves about 279 people through 181 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Arenac County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0005005. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 5 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Omer, City Of is 9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
How Omer, City 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. Omer, City Of's 9 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Michigan and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Arenac County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Omer, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sims-Whitney Utilities Auth. | 5,815 | 2.14 ppb |
| Standish, City Of | 1,509 | 4.1 ppb |
| Au Gres, City Of | 945 | 4 ppb |
| Standish Township | 430 | - |
| Au Gres Township | 66 | 2 ppb |
| Northern Country Estates | 53 | 0 (not detected) |
| Medilodge Of Sterling | 39 | 888 ppb |
| Saginaw-Midland Water Supply | 1 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Omer, 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 Omer, City 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.