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Is Flat Rock, MI tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Flat Rock, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 4 utilities serving Flat Rock has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Flat Rock.

Flat Rock, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Flat Rock’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Flat Rock’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Flat Rock

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

  • Accurate Analytical Testing, LLC

    Romulus, MI · about 12 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (734) 699-5227

  • Microbiological Associates

    Wayne, MI · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (248) 324-4800

  • Aqua Check LLC

    Dearborn, MI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (734) 417-3647

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Flat Rock

Which ZIP codes are in Flat Rock: 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 Flat Rock

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

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