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ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained

ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 59,715 people through 25,367 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF ranks 8,076th by violation burden (37th percentile) - 12 violations total, 1 health-based.

How ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF compares within MI

ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF'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

The last violation EPA has on record for ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF is from 2024-01-04 (health-based: 2001-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF'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:

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 ST. CLAIR SHORES, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.