Is SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,800, over 2,173 connections.
How this compares nationally
14 total violations and 3 health-based ones put SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,154 of 12,903.
How SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF compares within MI
Among the 390 MI systems in this dataset, the average is 1.3 health-based violations - SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF's 3 is above that. 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 SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2021-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SWARTZ CREEK, 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF 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 SWARTZ CREEK, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,154th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.