Is Burton, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Burton have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: City of Burton and Charter Township of Grand Blanc.
City of Burton, 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 Burton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Burton
Michigan · serves 21,000 people · nearly all in Burton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Charter Township of Grand Blanc
Michigan · serves 21,000 people · about 900 in Burton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
City of Grand Blanc
Michigan · serves 8,276 people · about 710 in Burton
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 28.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Burton
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Burton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Genesee County Health Department
Flint, MI · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria
MPC Flint Community Lab
Flint, MI · about 7 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
Aqua Test Laboratories
White Lake, MI · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Burton: 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 Burton
Other towns in Genesee County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Burton’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