Is Lake Orion, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Lake Orion has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.
Orion Township, 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 Lake Orion’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Orion Township
Michigan · serves 33,000 people · about 300 in Lake Orion
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Oxford Township
Michigan · serves 10,407 people · under 100 in Lake Orion
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lake Orion
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Lake Orion, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Absolute Laboratories, Inc.
Auburn Hills, MI · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Oakland Co. Health Division Laboratory
Pontiac, MI · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Aqua Test Laboratories
White Lake, MI · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Lake Orion
Which ZIP codes are in Lake Orion: 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 Lake Orion
Other towns in Oakland County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Orion Township’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