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Is Shields, MI tap water safe?

Thomas Township serves Shields, 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

Thomas Township serves Shields. In EPA’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 1.7 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 Thomas Township’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Shields

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

  • Saginaw County Health Department Laboratory

    Saginaw, MI · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (989) 758-3825

  • Bay County Health Department

    Bay City, MI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (989) 895-4013

  • MPC Flint Community Lab

    Flint, MI · about 30 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (810) 875-9127

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Shields

Which ZIP codes are in Shields: 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 Shields

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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