Is Garden City, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Garden City has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Garden City.
Garden City, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 15.6 ppb, above the action level.
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 Garden City’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Garden City
Michigan · serves 27,625 people · about 24,400 in Garden City
1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 15.6 ppb, above the action level.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Westland
Michigan · serves 85,420 people · about 2,800 in Garden City
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Garden City’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Garden City
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Garden City, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Paragon Laboratories, Inc.
Livonia, MI · about 4 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 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, PFAS
Aqua Check LLC
Dearborn, MI · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Garden City
Which ZIP codes are in Garden City: 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 Garden City
Other towns in Wayne County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Garden City’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water