What's in CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA's water?
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,839 people get their water from it, across 2,365 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA ranks 8,476th by violation burden (34th percentile) - 7 violations total, 1 health-based.
How CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA compares within MI
MI's 390 covered systems average 1.3 health-based violations each; CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2001-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA'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
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.