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Alpena County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI007 · Alpena County 49 sys · 1,613 viol · #1796/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1796/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-MID 49 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lapeer County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Alpena County ranks #1,796 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #64 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Alpena County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,796 of 3,254 · #64 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Alpena County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Alpena County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Lapeer · near Wexford · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 91.8% 91.8% 92% 92% 92.3% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Alpena, City Of 10,128 3 Clean
Charter Township of Alpena 5,839 22 Clean
Sanborn Elementary School 370 82 -
Wilson Community School 320 89 -
Seymours Grocery 300 3 -
St. Paul Lutheran Church - Hubbard Lk 230 20 -
Hinks School 225 87 -
Lakeshore Estates MHP 115 34 -
Little Town Lounge 100 50 -
Rivers Edge Golf Club 100 14 -
Long Rapids Congregational 100 21 -
St. Catherine Catholic Church 100 46 -
McVannel's 100 21 -
Ossineke Methodist Church 80 3 -
The Depot Restaurant 75 42 -
Cedar Grove 75 69 -
Connies Cafe 75 42 -
Ossineke Industries 70 3 -
Beaver Lake Comm Church 60 38 -
Community of Christ Church-Lachine 60 16 -
Hillman Good Times Saloon 50 51 -
Hope Lutheran Church-Hubbard Lake 50 19 -
Long Lake County Park 50 57 -
Sanborn Twp Hall 50 12 -
The Wagon Wheel Bar and Grill 50 51 -
Hide-A-Way Bar 50 9 -
Hubbard Lake Baptist Church 50 21 -
Ossineke Ez Mart 50 42 -
Alcona Health Center-Ossineke Services 50 17 -
Francis's Service Station 50 6 -
Long Lake County Park 2 50 0 -
Long Lake County Park 3 50 0 -
Stone Bar & Grill 40 90 -
Pappy's Pub 30 38 -
Moose Lodge 571 30 89 -
Bolton Ridge Bar & Grill LLC 26 31 -
Campers Cove 1 25 15 -
Paradise Lodge 1 25 16 -
DNR-Ossineke Sfcg 25 75 -
Jacks Landing 25 44 -
Beaver Lake County Park 25 34 -
Hubbard Lake Ez Mart 25 65 -
Alpena Sportsmens Club 25 11 -
Sand Bar & Grill 25 99 -
Dollar General #19770 - Lachine 25 10 -
Campers Cove 2 25 3 -
Paradise Lodge 2 25 0 -
Paradise Lodge 3 25 0 -
DNR-Ossineke Sfcg 2 25 3 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Alpena County

Cross-state counties nearest Alpena County on flagged-system share (91.8%) and cumulative violation count (1,613). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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