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Emmet County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI047 · Emmet County 206 sys · 4,007 viol · #1128/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1128/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 206 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Charlevoix County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Emmet County ranks #1,128 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #34 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Emmet County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.0% 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 #1,128 of 3,254 · #34 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Emmet County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Emmet · this county Roscommon · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 89.7% 89.8% 90% 90% 90.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Petoskey, City Of 8,979 14 Clean
Pleasant View Ez Mart 1,500 6 -
Birchwood Farms 1,227 22 -
Harbor Springs, City Of 1,194 22 -
Little Traverse Township 1,102 52 -
Bay View Association 831 0 -
Kentucky Fried Chicken/Taco Bell 700 24 -
Nubs Nob 550 76 -
Toski Sands Plaza 500 27 -
Trout Creek Condominiums 492 30 -
Hidden Hamlet Association 465 46 -
Highlands at Harbor Springs 450 6 -
West Traverse Township 414 4 -
Glens Plaza Well 1 400 12 -
Northern Lights Recreation 400 0 -
Oleson's Food Store 400 59 -
Dollar General - Alanson #12605 400 3 -
Harbor Plaza West #1 350 25 -
L'arbre Croche Club 330 20 -
DNR Petoskey - Tannery Creek 304 10 -
Harbor Springs Area Authority 303 13 -
Petoskey Ice Arena 300 34 -
Family Dollar #27440 - Pellston 300 45 -
Walgreens 300 36 -
Tractor Supply - Petoskey 300 49 -
DNR Wilderness State Park-Cold Storage 300 9 -
El Rancho Alanson 274 108 -
Pellston Regional Airport 260 14 -
Jellystone Park Petoskey 250 7 -
Clock Tower Plaza 250 7 -
Harbor Park Ez Mart 250 5 -
Mackinaw Trail Winery 250 24 -
Pellston High/Middle School 236 13 -
Alanson Public Schools 225 32 -
Brutus Camp Deli 220 17 -
Bob`s Place 212 21 -
Pellston Elementary 212 19 -
Bear Creek Estates Condominium 210 7 -
Lakeside Club Condominiums 210 28 -
Bay Shore Estates 208 37 -
Cecil Farms 200 4 -
Legs Inn 200 24 -
DNR Petoskey - Dunes 200 15 -
Glens Plaza, Well 2 200 6 -
Blissfest Music Organization 200 10 -
Louie's Fresh Market Alanson 200 8 -
Oleson's Retail Store 200 0 -
Dollar General - Pellston #20009 200 8 -
Moeller Mfg Co - Front 197 19 -
Pirates Cove 180 34 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Emmet County

Cross-state counties nearest Emmet County on flagged-system share (89.8%) and cumulative violation count (4,007). 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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