West Branch Township, MI
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
West Branch Township at a glance
West Branch Township serves about 61 people through 61 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ogemaw County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0007012; phone on file: 989-345-5450. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Ogemaw County. 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 |
| The Villa At Rose City | 102 | 1 ppb |
| Prescott-Hidden Creek Manor | 38 | 0 (not detected) |
| Twin Pines Mobile Home Park | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for West Branch, MI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West Branch, 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 West Branch Township 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.