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Is Benton Harbor, MI tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Benton Harbor, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 3 utilities serving Benton Harbor has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Benton Harbor.

Benton Harbor, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.8 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Benton Harbor’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Benton Harbor’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Benton Harbor

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Michigan certifies.

The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Benton Harbor, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Saint Joseph WFP

    St. Joseph, MI · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (269) 983-1240

  • Great Lakes Scientific

    Stevensville, MI · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (269) 429-1000

  • Garrett Laboratories, Inc.

    Niles, MI · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (269) 683-3200

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Benton Harbor

Which ZIP codes are in Benton Harbor: 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 Benton Harbor

Other towns in Berrien County with a page of their own.

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