Roosevelt Park, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Roosevelt Park at a glance
Roosevelt Park serves about 4,172 people through 1,773 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Muskegon County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0005800; phone on file: 231-755-3721. 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 2021 (2.17 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Roosevelt Park is 2.17 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.17 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Roosevelt Park's 1.9 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Michigan and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Muskegon County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Roosevelt 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 |
| North Muskegon | 3,786 | 6.5 ppb |
| Whitehall | 2,902 | 2 ppb |
| Montague | 2,479 | 3 ppb |
| Arlington Woods | 1,650 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Muskegon, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Muskegon, 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 Roosevelt 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.