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Is Douglas, MI tap water safe?

Kalamazoo Lake Sewer & Water Authority serves Douglas, 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

Kalamazoo Lake Sewer & Water Authority serves Douglas. In EPA’s records it has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lithium at 18 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Kalamazoo Lake Sewer & Water Authority’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Douglas

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

  • New Age/Landmark, Inc.

    South Haven, MI · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (269) 637-5658

  • ALS Laboratory Group, Env Div - Holland

    Holland, MI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS

    (616) 399-6070

  • Wyoming DKSWTP

    Holland, MI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (616) 261-3593

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Douglas

Which ZIP codes are in Douglas: 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 Douglas

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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