Pine Island Lake Rec Park, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.68 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 Pine Island Lake Rec Park
Pine Island Lake Rec Park serves about 75 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Muskegon County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040577. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Pine Island Lake Rec Park's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Island Lake Rec Park is 3.68 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.68 ppb |
How Pine Island Lake Rec Park 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. Pine Island Lake Rec Park's 3.68 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Michigan and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Muskegon County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Island Lake Rec Park. 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 |
| North Muskegon | 3,786 | 6.5 ppb |
| Whitehall | 2,902 | 2 ppb |
| Montague | 2,479 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Holton, 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 Pine Island Lake Rec Park 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.