Walden Woods Mhc, MI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Walden Woods Mhc at a glance
Walden Woods Mhc serves about 900 people through 400 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Citrus County, Michigan. EPA system ID: FL6094892; phone on file: 248-208-2556. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Walden Woods Mhc is 15 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 15 ppb over 10 |
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. Walden Woods Mhc's 0.7 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Michigan and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
1 other system shares Citrus County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Walden Woods Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Thunderbird Mhp | 46 | 1.3 ppb |
Next steps for Southfield, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Southfield, 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 Walden Woods Mhc 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.