Is SPARTA's water safe to drink?

SPARTA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,140, over 1,404 connections.

SPARTA's record against the rest of the country

12 total violations and 2 health-based ones put SPARTA at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,449 of 12,903.

Against the MI average

Among the 390 MI systems in this dataset, the average is 1.3 health-based violations - SPARTA's 2 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

SPARTA's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

The concern categories on record

SPARTA'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 SPARTA's record does not cover

This is what SPARTA 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 SPARTA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,449th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.