Somerset Centre Estates, 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.
Who runs the water here
Somerset Centre Estates serves about 368 people through 147 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hillsdale County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040184; phone on file: 517-688-9276. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Somerset Centre Estates's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Somerset Centre Estates is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Somerset Centre Estates 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. Somerset Centre Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Michigan and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Hillsdale County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Somerset Centre Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale | 8,163 | 2 ppb |
| Jonesville | 2,258 | 3 ppb |
| Litchfield | 1,310 | 0 (not detected) |
| Reading | 1,078 | 2.5 ppb |
| Michindoh Conference Center | 779 | - |
| Waldron | 538 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camden | 512 | 1 ppb |
| State Road Country Living Mhc | 73 | 1 ppb |
| Creekside Mhc | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillside Acres | 48 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Somerset Centre Estates'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 Somerset Centre Estates 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.