How many water violations are in Barry County?

Barry County has 5,993 total drinking water violations across 192 water systems, of which 693 are health-based violations. 95.3% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Barry County systems?

Water systems in Barry County serve approximately 47,248 people through 192 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Barry County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 1 of 4 tested systems in Barry County had at least one PFAS detection (25.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 192 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Barry County?

Water systems in Barry County use GW (192 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 11.6% of Barry County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Barry County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Barry County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Barry County ranks #993 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 83 counties in Michigan. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Barry County, Michigan

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI015 · Barry County 192 sys · 5,993 viol · #993/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 95.3% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 11.6% health
RANK-UPPER #993/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 100%
SYS-LARGE 192 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Eaton County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Barry County ranks #993 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Barry County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 11.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #993 of 3,254 · #32 of 83 in Michigan.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Hastings	7,350	41	Clean
Middleville	3,309	64	Detected
Walmart #2620	2,000	65	-
Nashville	1,628	16	Clean
Rpm1 Petroleum	850	72	-
DNR-Ysra-Day Use Beach/Conc/Roosevelt	800	16	-
Thornapple Valley Church	800	22	-
Speedway	800	15	-
Winding Creek Camp Dining Hall	728	57	-
Winding Creek Camp 2	728	2	-
Winding Creek Camp Poolhouse	728	4	-
Yankee Springs Meadows	710	101	-
Woodland Express	700	8	-
Yankee Springs Township	660	40	-
Kellogg Community College-Fehsenfeld Ctr	650	3	-
Corewell Health Pennock Hospital	610	0	-
Peace Church - Middleville	600	42	-
Kerpa Inc	600	193	-
Thornapple Lake Estates	538	15	-
First Baptist Church of Middleville	500	9	-
Freeport	483	566	-
McTi	460	20	-
Bob's Gun and Tackle Shop Inc	400	109	-
Goldsworthy's Marathon	400	44	-
Flexfab Hastings Main	350	26	-
Flexfab Hastings Shop	350	0	-
Thornapple Manor	328	22	-
Bay Pointe Inn & Restaurant	300	16	-
Express Stop #4692	300	29	-
Shady Shores Association	300	13	-
DNR-Ysra-Gun Lake Cg	300	16	-
Goldsworthy's Marathon	300	45	-
Grace Community Church-Nashville	300	3	-
Gaca	300	12	-
Tractor Supply Company	300	82	-
First Presbyterian Church-Hastings	300	8	-
Dar Development, LLC	300	2	-
Bay Pointe Woods West	300	19	-
Shady Shores Association 2	300	3	-
Cedar Creek Bible Church	293	49	-
Barry Township	260	15	-
Camp Manitou-Lin - Lodge	250	14	-
Historic Charlton Park - Snack Bar	250	19	-
Lakewood United Methodist Church	250	16	-
Middleville Tool and Die	250	86	-
Yankee Springs Marathon	250	71	-
Dollar General #6471 - Delton	250	7	-
Dollar General #20266 - Orangeville	250	0	-
Wesley Woods Lodge	240	49	-
Kilpatrick United Brethren Church	230	25	-

Compare beyond Michigan

Mid-flagged peers for Barry County

Cross-state counties nearest Barry County on flagged-system share (95.3%) and cumulative violation count (5,993). 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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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