The Leelanau School, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
The Leelanau School serves about 82 people through 10 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Leelanau County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0003831; phone on file: 231-334-5896. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
The Leelanau School's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Leelanau School is 1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
How The Leelanau School 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. The Leelanau School's 1 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Michigan and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Leelanau County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Leelanau School. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Homestead/Crystal River Water Co | 1,365 | 4 ppb |
| Suttons Bay, Village Of | 874 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northport, Village Of | 526 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elmwood Twp - Timberlee | 510 | 2 ppb |
| Empire, Village Of | 400 | 2.1 ppb |
| Cedar Creek Water Company | 325 | - |
| Elmwood Township | 255 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northport Cottage Owners | 240 | 1 ppb |
| Sugar Loaf Townhouses | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leelanau Co Law Enforcement Center | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Glen Arbor, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Glen Arbor, 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 The Leelanau School 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.