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Is Marquette, MI tap water safe?

Marquette serves Marquette, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Marquette serves Marquette. In EPA’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Marquette’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Marquette

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 2 labs Michigan certifies closest to Marquette, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • White Water Associates, Inc.

    Amasa, MI · about 50 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity

    (906) 822-7889

  • Western Upper Peninsula Health Department

    Hancock, MI · about 65 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (906) 482-7382

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Marquette

Which ZIP codes are in Marquette: 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.

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