Is BAD AXE's water safe to drink?
BAD AXE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,129, over 1,578 connections.
BAD AXE's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BAD AXE ranks 5,402th by violation burden (58th percentile) - 8 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How BAD AXE compares within MI
Among the 390 MI systems in this dataset, the average is 1.3 health-based violations - BAD AXE's 3 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BAD AXE is from 2023-01-04 (health-based: 2003-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BAD AXE's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BAD AXE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 8 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.