Is Lansing, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Lansing has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.
Lansing Board of Water & Light, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 19.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Lansing’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Lansing Board of Water & Light
Michigan · serves 166,000 people · about 76,700 in Lansing
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 19.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Charter Township of Delta
Michigan · serves 21,856 people · about 1,100 in Lansing
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lansing Township
Michigan · serves 5,500 people · about 490 in Lansing
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22.1 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lansing
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Lansing, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
EGLE Laboratory Services
Lansing, MI · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
FT Guru's Laboratory
Clinton Township, MI · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria
Merit Laboratories, Inc.
East Lansing, MI · about 6 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Which ZIP codes are in Lansing: 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 Lansing
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lansing Board of Water & Light’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water