Is KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 5,000 people get their water from it, across 1,964 connections.
How this compares nationally
KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY has 26 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,716th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 40th percentile nationally.
How KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY compares within MI
MI's 390 covered systems average 1.3 health-based violations each; KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY 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 KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY is from 2026-06-07 (health-based: 2026-06-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY'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: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
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 KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and KALAMAZOO LAKE SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,716th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.