Sebewaing Light & Water, MI
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 14 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Sebewaing Light & Water at a glance
Sebewaing Light & Water serves about 1,721 people through 1,010 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Huron County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0005990; phone on file: 989-883-2700. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Sebewaing Light & Water's lead record
That is up 5 ppb from 9 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sebewaing Light & Water is 14 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 9 ppb |
How Sebewaing Light & Water 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. Sebewaing Light & Water's 14 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Michigan and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Huron County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sebewaing Light & Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Axe | 3,129 | 3 ppb |
| Caseville Township | 2,005 | 2 ppb |
| Harbor Beach, City Of | 1,604 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pigeon, Village Of | 1,208 | 7 ppb |
| Port Hope-Gore-Rubicon U. A. | 1,058 | 6 ppb |
| Port Austin Area Sewer & Water | 1,004 | 1.3 ppb |
| Ubly, Village Of | 858 | 1.5 ppb |
| Elkton, Village Of | 808 | 4.1 ppb |
| Caseville, City Of | 777 | - |
| Sand Beach Township | 525 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sebewaing, 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 Sebewaing Light & Water 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.