West Olive Estates, MI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
West Olive Estates serves about 1,850 people through 742 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ottawa County, Michigan. EPA system ID: MI0040614; phone on file: 616-399-8863. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Olive Estates is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 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. West Olive Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Michigan and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Ottawa County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Olive Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Holland Board Of Public Works | 49,687 | 1.22 ppb |
| Georgetown Township | 41,086 | 2 ppb |
| Holland Township Consolidated | 26,100 | 2.1 ppb |
| Allendale Township | 19,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grand Haven Township | 15,051 | 0.86 ppb |
| Grand Haven | 10,412 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Lake Township | 9,393 | 1.78 ppb |
| Zeeland Board Of Public Works | 8,328 | 0.1 ppb |
| Hudsonville | 7,708 | 2.5 ppb |
| Coopersville | 4,519 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for West Olive, MI
Look up your address in West Olive Estates's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask West Olive Estates 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.