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Arenac County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI011 · Arenac County 68 sys · 2,121 viol · #1734/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1734/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 91%
  • SYS-MID 68 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lenawee County ( -0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Arenac County ranks #1,734 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #61 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Arenac County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.0% 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 #1,734 of 3,254 · #61 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Arenac County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Osceola · near Arenac · this county Menominee · highest 52.9% 84.5% 84.7% 85% 85.3% 86.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Sims-Whitney Utilities Auth. 5,815 20 Clean
Standish, City Of 1,509 18 -
Mdot - Alger Rest Area, R625 1,000 2 -
Au Gres, City Of 945 14 -
Standish-Sterling Central Elem 800 12 -
Whites Canoe Livery Well 660 9 -
Whites Canoe Livery 660 7 -
Standish/Sterling High School 516 171 -
Outdoor Adventures Rifle River 500 23 -
Outdoor Adventure Saga Bay 400 149 -
River View Campground & Canoe 400 22 -
Sterling Elem School 356 26 -
Crystal Creek Camp 340 12 -
Crystal Creek Cmpgrd 340 5 -
Crystal Creek Camp - South 340 19 -
Rifle River Canoe 320 10 -
Rifle River Camp/Can 320 7 -
Point Augres Camp 300 16 -
Omer, City Of 279 189 -
Sterling Health Center 275 29 -
Russells Canoe/Camp 240 18 -
Big Bend Campground 240 70 -
Big Bend Family Campground 240 40 -
Forest Lake Camp 224 31 -
Outdoor Wilderness 210 63 -
Riverview Campground Well 2 205 0 -
Riverview Campground Well 3 205 0 -
Forwards Plaza-Alger 200 14 -
Dore Corporation 200 0 -
Outdoor Adventures Saga Bay Seasonal Wel 200 0 -
Sip N Whiskey Saloon 150 34 -
Mdot - Omer, P614 150 16 -
Forwards Plaza #145 150 7 -
Big Bend Campground 150 65 -
Cliff's Bar 125 10 -
Lil Sprouts Child Development Ctr 122 24 -
Abundant Life Church 103 6 -
Sagamok Gas & Convenience 100 40 -
All Seasons Campground & Canoe 100 12 -
Narskis Market 100 9 -
Bethlehem Lutheran Church 100 3 -
Next Door Food Store #5073 90 157 -
Point Augres Park 76 44 -
Knollview Golf 75 21 -
Au Gres Township 66 4 -
Dollar General #17011 - Sterling 65 0 -
Whalens Inn 60 73 -
Northern Country Estates 53 22 -
Great Lakes Bay Distillery 52 0 -
Arenac Eastern Community Center 50 10 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Arenac County

Cross-state counties nearest Arenac County on flagged-system share (85.3%) and cumulative violation count (2,121). 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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