Portage Point Inn, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Portage Point Inn
Portage Point Inn serves about 125 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Manistee County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0005527; phone on file: 231-894-2600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Portage Point Inn is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Portage Point Inn 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. Portage Point Inn's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in Michigan and the 11th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Manistee County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Portage Point Inn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manistee, City Of | 6,200 | 1 ppb |
| Filer Charter Township | 940 | 4 ppb |
| Kaleva, Village Of | 464 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camp Arcadia / Lca | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bear Lake, Village Of | 318 | 2 ppb |
| Kamp Villa Rv Park | 100 | 7 ppb |
| Valleywood Cove Condominium Association | 50 | - |
| Valley Side Apartments | 45 | 3 ppb |
| Pirates Cove Condominiums | 38 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Portage Point Inn'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 Portage Point Inn whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1700 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.