Port Sheldon Township, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Port Sheldon Township at a glance
Port Sheldon Township serves about 407 people through 156 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 Ottawa County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0006026; phone on file: 616-399-6121. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Port Sheldon Township is 0.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
How Port Sheldon Township 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. Port Sheldon Township's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Michigan and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Ottawa County
23 other systems share Ottawa County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Port Sheldon Township. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Holland Board Of Public Works | 49,687 | 1.22 ppb |
| Georgetown Township | 41,086 | 2 ppb |
| Holland Township Consolidated | 26,100 | 2.1 ppb |
| Allendale Township | 19,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grand Haven Township | 15,051 | 0.86 ppb |
| Grand Haven | 10,412 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Lake Township | 9,393 | 1.78 ppb |
| Zeeland Board Of Public Works | 8,328 | 0.1 ppb |
| Hudsonville | 7,708 | 2.5 ppb |
| Coopersville | 4,519 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Port Sheldon Township'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 Port Sheldon Township 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.