Is New Baltimore, MI tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving New Baltimore has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: City of New Baltimore.
Chesterfield 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 New Baltimore’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Chesterfield Township
Michigan · serves 41,650 people · about 6,900 in New Baltimore
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of New Baltimore
Michigan · serves 12,720 people · about 3,100 in New Baltimore
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near New Baltimore
The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to New Baltimore, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Biosan
Warren, MI · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Midwest Analytical Services, Inc
Ferndale, MI · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
Absolute Laboratories, Inc.
Auburn Hills, MI · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
ZIP codes in New Baltimore
Which ZIP codes are in New Baltimore: 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 New Baltimore
Other towns in Macomb County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Chesterfield 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