CEDAR SPRINGS: EPA violation history, explained

CEDAR SPRINGS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,520, over 946 connections.

How this compares nationally

5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CEDAR SPRINGS at the 32th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,760 of 12,903.

How CEDAR SPRINGS compares within MI

Among the 390 MI systems in this dataset, the average is 1.3 health-based violations - CEDAR SPRINGS's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for CEDAR SPRINGS is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2024-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CEDAR SPRINGS'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:

• Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic

The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what CEDAR SPRINGS reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and CEDAR SPRINGS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,760th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.