What's in SAULT STE MARIE's water?
SAULT STE MARIE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 14,689, over 5,104 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SAULT STE MARIE has 9 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,285th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 36th percentile nationally.
Against the MI average
SAULT STE MARIE's 1 health-based violations sit within the MI average of 1.3, across 390 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
SAULT STE MARIE's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-11-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-09-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
SAULT STE MARIE'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 SAULT STE MARIE's record does not cover
SAULT STE MARIE'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 SAULT STE MARIE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,285th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.