Is Bloomfield Hills, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Bloomfield Hills has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Birmingham.
Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Hills’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Bloomfield Township
Michigan · serves 41,691 people · about 4,800 in Bloomfield Hills
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Bloomfield Hills
Michigan · serves 3,579 people · about 2,000 in Bloomfield Hills
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Birmingham
Michigan · serves 20,472 people · about 640 in Bloomfield Hills
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.1 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bloomfield Hills
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Bloomfield Hills, 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 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Absolute Laboratories, Inc.
Auburn Hills, MI · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Midwest Analytical Services, Inc
Ferndale, MI · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Bloomfield Hills
Which ZIP codes are in Bloomfield Hills: 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 Bloomfield Hills
Other towns in Oakland County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Bloomfield 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