Is ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE's water safe to drink?
ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,194 people through 881 service connections.
How this compares nationally
1 total violations and 1 health-based ones put ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE at the 28th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,231 of 12,903.
How ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE compares within MI
ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE's 1 health-based violations sit within the MI average of 1.3, across 390 systems statewide. 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 ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE is from 1995-01-07 (health-based: 1995-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE'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
Everything on this page is ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE - 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.