BENTON CHARTER TOWNSHIP

BENTON HARBOR, MI · ~6,768 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

MI0000605

State

Michigan

City

BENTON HARBOR

Population served

6,768

Primary source

Surface water

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Jul 2025. Official EPA record →

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Jun 2019 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Jun 2019 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0300 began Dec 2011 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2001 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Lead & Copper Rule began Jul 1992 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SIE Jul 2025
State action · SIA Jul 2025
State action · SIF May 2020
State action · SIF Apr 2020
State action · SIE Nov 2019
State action · SIA Nov 2019
State action · SOX Nov 2019
State action · SOX Feb 2012

This profile is built from EPA public records for system MI0000605 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.