Is Farmington, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Farmington has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.
City of Farmington Hills, 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 Farmington’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Farmington Hills
Michigan · serves 56,984 people · about 7,500 in Farmington
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Farmington
Michigan · serves 11,597 people · under 100 in Farmington
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Farmington
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Farmington, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Michigan (Farmington Hills)
Farmington Hills, MI · about 3 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Paragon Laboratories, Inc.
Livonia, MI · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
SGS- Livonia (formerly RTI )
Livonia, MI · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, PFAS
Which ZIP codes are in Farmington: 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 Farmington
Other towns in Oakland County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Farmington Hills’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