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Mecosta County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI107 · Mecosta County 165 sys · 5,579 viol · #1189/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1189/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 165 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Mecosta County ranks #1,189 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #38 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Mecosta County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.2% 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 #1,189 of 3,254 · #38 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Mecosta County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Mecosta · this county Lake · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 93.2% 93.3% 93.3% 93.4% 93.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Big Rapids 10,403 10 Clean
Wesco #60 900 15 -
Hometown Grocery 800 36 -
Canadian Lakes Gas 765 4 -
Beacon & Bridges Market 700 42 -
Davis Bridge General 700 31 -
Chippewa Hills Middle School 700 93 -
Morley Stanwood Middle/High School 673 68 -
Mdot - Big Rapids, R534 650 22 -
Speedway 44414 600 9 -
River Ridge Resort 600 12 -
Northern Heights Citgo 600 14 -
Chippewa Hills High School 550 127 -
Morley Stanwood Elementary School 550 114 -
Borland Gas & Grocery 550 0 -
Fates Food Market - 9 Mile RD 510 16 -
Williams Cafe 500 206 -
Fates Mini Mart Remus - 100 W Wheatland 500 17 -
Dollar General - Morley 500 3 -
Hixon's Family Market 500 4 -
Cran Hill Ranch 460 35 -
Hanson's Party Store, Inc. 400 10 -
Trinity Fellowship Church 375 15 -
Cran Hill Ranch - Lodge 350 12 -
Trailside Sunoco Big Rapids 340 9 -
Hansen-Janowicz Funeral Home 300 42 -
Mecosta Elementary 300 42 -
Morley Depot 300 54 -
Barryton Elementary 280 76 -
Cl Royal Building 250 24 -
Ice Mountain 250 21 -
Remus Ez Mart 250 67 -
St. Ives Clubhouse 245 10 -
Sunset Shores 200 25 -
St. Michael's Church 200 49 -
Remus Bowling Center 200 23 -
East Bay General Store 200 16 -
Dollar General - Stanwood 200 2 -
Dollar General - Rodney 200 0 -
Country Manor 190 14 -
New Hope Global Methodist Church 187 35 -
Northend Riverside Park 187 8 -
Remus Tavern 167 47 -
St. Paul Campus Parish - Big Rapids 160 19 -
Copper Top (Mannat 99, LLC) 160 191 -
The New Tubbs Lake Resort 152 68 -
K J's Family Restaurant 150 48 -
Leprino Foods - Remus 150 37 -
Fates Mini Mart Mecosta 150 43 -
Cranhill Saddle Ridge 150 9 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Mid-flagged peers for Mecosta County

Cross-state counties nearest Mecosta County on flagged-system share (93.3%) and cumulative violation count (5,579). 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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