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Is Flushing, MI tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Flushing, 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 2 utilities serving Flushing has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Genesee County Water System.

City of Flushing, 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 Flushing’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Flushing

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

  • MPC Flint Community Lab

    Flint, MI · about 9 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (810) 875-9127

  • Genesee County Health Department

    Flint, MI · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (810) 257-3603

  • Saginaw County Health Department Laboratory

    Saginaw, MI · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (989) 758-3825

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Flushing

Which ZIP codes are in Flushing: 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 Flushing

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

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