Shanty Creek - Watars Association, 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.
Shanty Creek - Watars Association at a glance
Shanty Creek - Watars Association serves about 1,250 people through 270 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Antrim County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0005995; phone on file: 231-676-0080. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shanty Creek - Watars Association is 3.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 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. Shanty Creek - Watars Association's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 24th percentile in Michigan and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Antrim County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Shanty Creek - Watars Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mancelona Area Water And Sewer Authority | 3,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elk Rapids, Village Of | 1,642 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellaire, Village Of | 1,086 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Lake, Village Of | 952 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellsworth, Village Of | 349 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Med Care Facility | 154 | 375 ppb |
| Sunset Torch Association | 84 | - |
| Maplewood Ridge Condominiums | 80 | - |
| Bay Harbor Club | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mancelona Area Wsa - The Chief | 40 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Shanty Creek - Watars Association'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 Shanty Creek - Watars Association whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1800 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.