What's in GRAND RAPIDS's water?

GRAND RAPIDS's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 306,901 people through 81,816 service connections.

GRAND RAPIDS's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, GRAND RAPIDS ranks 12,227th by violation burden (5th percentile) - 1 violation total, 0 health-baseds.

How GRAND RAPIDS compares within MI

Among the 390 MI systems in this dataset, the average is 1.3 health-based violations - GRAND RAPIDS's 0 is at or below 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 GRAND RAPIDS is from 2000-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

What this data is and is not

This is what GRAND RAPIDS 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 GRAND RAPIDS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 12,227th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.