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Is Birmingham, MI tap water safe?

Birmingham serves Birmingham, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Birmingham serves Birmingham. In EPA’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 3.1 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Birmingham’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Birmingham

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 Birmingham, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Oakland Co. Health Division Laboratory

    Pontiac, MI · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (248) 858-1310

  • Midwest Analytical Services, Inc

    Ferndale, MI · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (248) 591-6660

  • Absolute Laboratories, Inc.

    Auburn Hills, MI · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (877) 343-5227

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Birmingham

Which ZIP codes are in Birmingham: 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 Birmingham

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

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