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Is Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 4 utilities serving Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Harper Woods.

Grosse Pointe Woods, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 10.8 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 Village of Grosse Pointe 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 Grosse Pointe Woods’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 Village of Grosse Pointe 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 Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Biosan

    Warren, MI · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (586) 755-8970

  • Midwest Analytical Services, Inc

    Ferndale, MI · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (248) 591-6660

  • Aqua Check LLC

    Dearborn, MI · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (734) 417-3647

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

Which ZIP codes are in Village of Grosse Pointe 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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