NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT: EPA violation history, explained

NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,000 people get their water from it, across 877 connections.

NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT's record against the rest of the country

NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT has 17 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,632th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 72th percentile nationally.

Against the MI average

MI's 390 covered systems average 1.3 health-based violations each; NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT carries 5, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2002-01-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

The concern categories on record

NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT'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 NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT's record does not cover

This is what NEWBERRY WATER & LIGHT 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 17 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.