SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH.: EPA violation history, explained
SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,815, over 1,731 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH. ranks 8,734th by violation burden (32th percentile) - 5 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the MI average
MI's 390 covered systems average 1.3 health-based violations each; SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH. carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH.'s most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH.'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 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 SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH.'s record does not cover
This is what SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH. 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. Between the utility's meter and SIMS-WHITNEY UTILITIES AUTH.'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,734th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.