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Is Jackson, MI tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Jackson, 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 3 utilities serving Jackson has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Jackson.

Jackson, 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 Jackson’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Jackson

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

  • ADM Environmental LLC

    Jackson, MI · about 1 mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (517) 783-3883

  • Ann Arbor Technical Services, Inc.

    Ann Arbor, MI · about 27 miles

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

    (734) 995-0995

  • Metiri Group-Holt Formerly Fibertec

    Holt, MI · about 29 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (517) 699-0345

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Jackson

Which ZIP codes are in Jackson: 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 Jackson

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

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