Water Quality in Harbor Springs, MI (49740)
EPA violation data for public water systems serving ZIP code 49740.
Active Health Violations
2 health-based violations found in the past 5 years, with at least one still unresolved. Contaminant levels have exceeded federal safety limits. Consider testing your tap water independently.
More violations than 93% of US ZIP codes.
Based on EPA compliance data. Not a substitute for an official water quality report from your utility.
7,197
Population
93
Water Systems
64
Violations (5yr)
2
Health-Based
Location
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Water Systems Serving This Area (93)
Odawa Casino
All resolved Groundwater 3,500 people served
5 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Birchwood Farms
Groundwater 1,227 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2.8 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Harbor Springs, City Of
All resolved Groundwater 1,194 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Little Traverse Township
Groundwater 1,102 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1.2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Odawa Casino Mackinaw
All resolved Groundwater 625 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Odawa Mackinaw
Groundwater 625 people served
0 violations
Nubs Nob
All resolved Groundwater 550 people served
36 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Boyne Highlands
Groundwater 500 people served
0 violations
Trout Creek Condominiums
All resolved Groundwater 492 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 8 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Hidden Hamlet Association
Groundwater 465 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 55 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)
Highlands At Harbor Springs
Groundwater 450 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 5 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
West Traverse Township
All resolved Purchased groundwater 414 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Harbor Cove
Groundwater 400 people served
0 violations
Northern Lights Recreation
Groundwater 400 people served
0 violations
Harbor Plaza West #1
Groundwater 350 people served
0 violations
L'Arbre Croche Club
1 health-based Groundwater 330 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Harbor Springs Area Authority
Groundwater 303 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 4 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Petoskey Ice Arena
All resolved Groundwater 300 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Out To Lunch
Groundwater 250 people served
0 violations
Moeller Mfg Co - Front
Groundwater 197 people served
2 violations (5yr)
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Moeller Mfg Co - Back Building
Groundwater 180 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Best Western Of Harbor Springs
Groundwater 180 people served
0 violations
Harbor Town Plaza
Groundwater 150 people served
0 violations
Harbor Plaza Well East #2
Groundwater 150 people served
0 violations
Hamlet West Property Owners Assoc
Groundwater 133 people served
0 violations
Tribal Administrative Building
Groundwater 130 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1.7 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
The Fish Restaurant
Groundwater 130 people served
0 violations
Hamlet Village Condominiums Association
1 health-based Groundwater 126 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 30 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)
Northern Diecast Corp.
Groundwater 125 people served
0 violations
The Conway Association
All resolved Groundwater 115 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Biindigen
Groundwater 110 people served
0 violations
Jervis B. Webb Company - East
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Preston Feather Bldg Center
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Bay Tennis And Fitness
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Jervis B. Webb Company - West
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Boomers
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Teddy Griffins Roadhouse
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Harbour Inn
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Wah Wahs Noo Da Ke
Groundwater 99 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1.7 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Stonehedge Club Owners Association, Inc.
All resolved Groundwater 95 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Mcbride Commercial Park
Groundwater 90 people served
0 violations
Vernales
Groundwater 90 people served
0 violations
10th Tee Ross Course Snackbar
Groundwater 90 people served
0 violations
Little Traverse Primary Care
All resolved Groundwater 80 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Nubs Nob Warming House
Groundwater 80 people served
0 violations
Moose Jaw Junction
Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations
Franklin Park
Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations
Little Traverse Bay Golf Club
Groundwater 65 people served
0 violations
Harbor Hills Subdivision Association
All resolved Groundwater 65 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 4 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
#5 Hills Tee Boyne Highlands
Groundwater 60 people served
0 violations
Birchwood Farms Inn Motel
Groundwater 60 people served
0 violations
The Shores On Crooked Lake
All resolved Groundwater 57 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Boyne Highlands Registration Building
Groundwater 55 people served
0 violations
County Center Park Assn
Groundwater 55 people served
0 violations
Boynaire Landowners Association
Groundwater 54 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Primitive Images
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
Boyne Highlands Bartley House
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
#5 Ross Tee Boyne Highlands
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
Little Traverse Township Park
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
Crows Nest
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
Animal Crackers Day Care
Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations
Sunny Crest Youth Ranch
Groundwater 41 people served
0 violations
Lonesome Pines Motel
Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations
Carol Costello Catering
Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations
Mtigwaakiis
Groundwater 35 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Lanzen Emmet Llc
Groundwater 33 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Windjammer Cove Community System Board
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Rustlers Den
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Control Engineering
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Harbor Park Self Storage
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Emmet County Road Commission
Groundwater 29 people served
0 violations
Cross Village Campground
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
10th Tee Moore Course Snackbar
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Little Traverse Beach Flowing Well
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Highlander Golf Llc
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Black Forest Equestrian School
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Winery Goose Deli
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Lorenzo'S/Birchwood
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Birchwood Construction Company
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Wequetonsing Golf Club
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Kimberly Estates
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Readmond Township Hall
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Little Traverse Bay Golf Club
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Five Seasons Resort
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
True North Golf Club
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Birchwood Equestrian Center
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Pond Hill Farm
All resolved Groundwater 25 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Northern Mich Comm Mental Hlth
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Chestnut Valley Golf Course
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Bayside Preschool
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Teddy Griffin Roadhouse
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Franklin Commercial Park
Groundwater 20 people served
0 violations
Cottage Grove Apartments
Groundwater 0
0 violations
Contaminants Found
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-Based
Lead and copper testing requirement. Lead exposure can cause developmental harm in children.
4 violations
Has active
Groundwater RuleHealth-Based
1 violation
All resolved
Revised Total Coliform RuleMonitoring
Missed testing deadlines — not a detection of bacteria.
13 violations
All resolved
Consumer Confidence RuleMonitoring
Annual water quality report delivery requirement.
4 violations
All resolved
NitrateMonitoring
At high levels, nitrate can cause blue baby syndrome in infants.
2 violations
All resolved
NitriteMonitoring
Similar to nitrate — harmful to infants at high levels.
1 violation
All resolved
Nitrate-NitriteMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
SeleniumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
2,4-DMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
2,4,5-TPMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
AldicarbMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Thallium, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
BariumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Antimony, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ChlordaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CadmiumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Aldicarb sulfoxideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
MercuryMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Beryllium, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
OXAMYLMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
SimazineMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
LASSOMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
EndrinMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
MethoxychlorMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
NickelMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ArsenicMonitoring
A naturally occurring element that can cause cancer and other health effects at high levels.
1 violation
All resolved
PicloramMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ToxapheneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
BHC-GAMMAMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ChromiumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
HeptachlorMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Aldicarb sulfoneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CarbofuranMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
AtrazineMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
HEXACHLOROBENZENEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
PentachlorophenolMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
DinosebMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ChlorineMonitoring
Used to disinfect water — generally safe at regulated levels.
1 violation
All resolved
Public NoticeMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Lead & Copper Levels
Lead (Pb)
Within limit0 ppb measured
Action level: 15 ppb
Sampled: Jan 2024
How Does This Compare?
Harbor Springs (49740) has more violations than 93% of US ZIP codes. The national average is 18.87 violations per ZIP over 5 years. This ZIP has 64.
Fewer violations 93th percentile More violations
Recommended Water Filters
Based on health-based violations detected in your area, these filter types are commonly used to address similar contaminants. Consult your water utility's Consumer Confidence Report for the most current data.
Reverse Osmosis System
Highly effective at removing heavy metals, dissolved solids, and a wide range of contaminants. Recommended for homes with lead or arsenic concerns.
Targets:Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Mercury, Cadmium
Look for:NSF/ANSI 58 certified
Always look for filters certified by NSF International for the specific contaminants you want to remove. This is general educational information, not an endorsement of any specific product.