Is Belleville, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Belleville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Belleville.
Van Buren Township, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Belleville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Van Buren Township
Michigan · serves 27,359 people · about 240 in Belleville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sumpter Township
Michigan · serves 9,576 people · about 110 in Belleville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Belleville
Michigan · serves 3,964 people · under 100 in Belleville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Ypsilanti Community Utility Authority
Michigan · serves 53,988 people · under 100 in Belleville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Belleville
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Belleville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Accurate Analytical Testing, LLC
Romulus, MI · about 6 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
National Testing Laboratories, Ltd.
Ypsilanti, MI · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Microbiological Associates
Wayne, MI · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Belleville
Which ZIP codes are in Belleville: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: EGLE, State of Michigan certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Belleville
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Van Buren Township’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water