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Kalamazoo County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI077 · Kalamazoo County 195 sys · 2,453 viol · #247/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 80.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #247/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 60.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 195 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kalamazoo County ranks #247 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Kalamazoo County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 80.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 29.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 60.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #247 of 3,254 · #7 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kalamazoo County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Gogebic · near Gratiot · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 80% 80% 80.5% 81% 81.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kalamazoo 192,992 28 Detected
Portage 46,292 92 Detected
Pfizer 4,000 17 Detected
Vicksburg 2,906 30 -
Galesburg 2,377 16 -
Mdot - Galesburg Rest Area 1,932 6 -
Schoolcraft 1,405 22 -
Mdot - Plainwell Rest Area 1,087 27 -
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores 1,001 0 -
Kalamazoo Speedway - Main Well 905 6 -
Augusta 885 26 -
DNR-Fort Custer Main Campground 880 9 -
Foundation for Behavioral Resources 800 7 -
Climax 767 7 -
Ago - D Avenue Citgo #38 700 34 -
South Portage Little League North 700 10 -
South Portage Little League South 700 8 -
Nazarene Camp 648 59 Clean
Kalamazoo Co Prks Cold Brook Modern Camp 500 4 -
Galesburg Speedway 500 16 -
Richland 23 Inc 500 4 -
D Avenue Fuel Plaza 500 11 -
Kalamazoo County Parks Cold Brook Beach 500 8 -
Haven Church 400 1 -
St. Ann Catholic Church 400 14 -
Royal Estates 380 113 -
Vcs/Tobey Elementary 378 6 -
Kalamazoo Speedway - Pit Area Well 350 9 -
Connections Church 350 6 -
Eastwood Little League 320 2 -
Olde Mill Golf Course 316 22 -
Alamo Elementary School 310 6 -
Rector Community Park 300 4 -
Outdoor Adventures Kalamazoo Resort - MA 300 14 -
Vcs - Indian Lake Elementary 300 8 -
Hickory Ridge Golf Course 300 4 -
Gull Lk View Stonehedge N Halfway House 300 1 -
J & H Oil Co - Kalamazoo 300 12 -
Pretty Lake Vacation Camp 300 0 -
Outdoor Adventures, Kalamazoo, Park Mode 300 0 -
Cooper Market 300 0 -
Gull Lake View Villa Housing 286 3 -
The Dock at Bayview 270 33 -
Glcs - Kellogg Elementary 268 3 Clean
Oak Shores Resort Campground 1 260 4 -
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church 250 5 -
Barn Theater 250 0 -
Eastern Hills Golf Course Hole 13 250 18 -
Outdoor Adventures Kalamazoo Resort - Po 250 14 -
Pretty Lake Vacation Camp 250 11 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Kalamazoo County

Cross-state counties nearest Kalamazoo County on flagged-system share (80.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,453). 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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