Sommerset Water Works, Inc., 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
Sommerset Water Works, Inc. serves about 75 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Charlevoix County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0006081; phone on file: 706-235-9781. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sommerset Water Works, Inc. is 0 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Sommerset Water Works, Inc.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Michigan and the 7th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Charlevoix County
17 other systems share Charlevoix County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sommerset Water Works, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boyne City, City Of | 3,735 | 1 ppb |
| Charlevoix | 3,124 | - |
| East Jordan, City Of | 2,215 | 4 ppb |
| Charlevoix Township | 1,700 | 3 ppb |
| Boyne Mountain Resort | 950 | 26 ppb |
| Walloon Lake Water System | 399 | 4 ppb |
| Boyne Falls, Village Of | 370 | - |
| Lake Michigan Heights | 270 | - |
| Melrose-Chandler Water, Llc | 261 | 25 ppb |
| Hemingway Pointe Club Owners Association | 250 | - |
Next steps for Boyne City, MI
Look up your address in Sommerset Water Works, Inc.'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 Sommerset Water Works, Inc. 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.