PAW PAW

PAW PAW, MI · ~3,362 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

MI0005210

State

Michigan

City

PAW PAW

Population served

3,362

Primary source

Groundwater

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 Jan 2023. Official EPA record →

Other · EPA contaminant 7500 began Dec 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0999 began Jul 2021 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Aug 2018 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Aug 2018 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Aug 2015 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Aug 2015 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Lead & Copper Rule began Oct 2012 Resolved

Max contaminant level (MCL) · Total coliform health-based began Nov 1991 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SOX Jan 2023
State action · SIF Jan 2023
State action · SFM Jan 2023
State action · SIA Jan 2023
State action · SIE Dec 2021
State action · SIA Dec 2021
State action · SOX Sep 2021
State action · SIA Nov 2019

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Copper

1 station · latest Nov 2024

0.225 · max 1.04 ug/L · 4

Lead

1 station · latest Nov 2024

0.224 · max 0.983 ug/L · 4

Manganese

1 station · latest Nov 2024

34.6 · max 75.8 ug/L · 4

Nitrate

1 station · latest Nov 2024

0.475 · max 0.54 mg/L · 4

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system MI0005210 — 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.