Is LINDEN, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
LINDEN, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,150, over 1,524 connections.
How this compares nationally
LINDEN, CITY OF has 15 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,975th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 38th percentile nationally.
How LINDEN, CITY OF compares within MI
LINDEN, CITY OF's 1 health-based violations sit within the MI average of 1.3, across 390 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LINDEN, CITY OF is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2007-11-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LINDEN, CITY OF'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 LINDEN, CITY OF 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.