Osborn Lake Estates, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
About Osborn Lake Estates
Osborn Lake Estates serves about 92 people through 42 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Livingston County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0005037; phone on file: 517-375-2211. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Osborn Lake Estates is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
How Osborn Lake Estates 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. Osborn Lake Estates's 2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Michigan and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
42 other systems share Livingston County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Osborn Lake Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mhog Sewer & Water Authority | 17,046 | 1 ppb |
| Brighton, City Of | 10,210 | 1 ppb |
| Howell, City Of | 9,914 | 0 (not detected) |
| Livingston Community Water Authority | 4,152 | 6 ppb |
| Hartland Township | 3,022 | 5 ppb |
| Fowlerville, Village Of | 2,951 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinckney, Village Of | 2,353 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Pointe | 2,000 | 1 ppb |
| Cidermill Crossings | 1,863 | 3 ppb |
| Fonda Lake Water Authority | 1,705 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brighton, 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 Osborn Lake 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. 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.