The Villa At Rose City, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About The Villa At Rose City
The Villa At Rose City serves about 102 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ogemaw County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0064934; phone on file: 989-685-9400. 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 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Villa At Rose City is 1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Michigan systems
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 Villa At Rose City's 1 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Michigan and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Ogemaw County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than The Villa At Rose City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Branch, City Of | 2,139 | - |
| Rose City, City Of | 180 | 1 ppb |
| Ogemaw Township | 125 | 4 ppb |
| West Branch Township | 61 | - |
| Prescott-Hidden Creek Manor | 38 | 0 (not detected) |
| Twin Pines Mobile Home Park | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rose City, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rose City, 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 Villa At Rose City 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.