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Is Norton Shores, MI tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Norton Shores, 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 6 utilities serving Norton Shores has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Spring Lake Township.

Norton Shores, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.1 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Norton Shores’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Norton Shores’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Norton Shores

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

  • Trace Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

    Muskegon, MI · about 2 miles

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

    (231) 773-5998

  • Muskegon Heights Filtration

    Muskegon Heights, MI · about 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (231) 780-3415

  • Alliance Analytical Labs, Inc.

    Coopersville, MI · about 15 miles

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

    (616) 837-7670

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Norton Shores

Which ZIP codes are in Norton Shores: 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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