Washburn Lake Village Mhp, MI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Washburn Lake Village Mhp at a glance
Washburn Lake Village Mhp serves about 108 people through 43 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Joseph County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040477; phone on file: 859-409-1174. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Washburn Lake Village Mhp is 267 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 267 ppb over 15 |
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. Washburn Lake Village Mhp's 2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Michigan and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share St. Joseph County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Washburn Lake Village Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sturgis | 11,920 | 2 ppb |
| Three Rivers | 7,905 | 4 ppb |
| Constantine | 2,075 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lockport Township | 1,778 | 1.02 ppb |
| White Pigeon | 1,640 | 1.3 ppb |
| Centreville | 1,579 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Oaks Community College | 1,233 | 1.2 ppb |
| Colon | 1,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mendon | 920 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burr Oak | 828 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Lapeer, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lapeer, 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 Washburn Lake Village Mhp whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 3080 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.