Is PONTIAC's water safe to drink?

PONTIAC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 63,776, over 19,391 connections.

PONTIAC's record against the rest of the country

PONTIAC has 9 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,563th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 49th percentile nationally.

How PONTIAC compares within MI

MI's 390 covered systems average 1.3 health-based violations each; PONTIAC carries 2, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for PONTIAC is from 2009-02-01 (health-based: 2008-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

PONTIAC'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

PONTIAC's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and PONTIAC's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,563th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.