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Muskegon County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI121 · Muskegon County 217 sys · 2,897 viol · #419/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 83.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #419/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-LARGE 217 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Muskegon County ranks #419 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Muskegon County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 83.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.2% 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 #419 of 3,254 · #11 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Muskegon County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Cass · near Muskegon · this county Menominee · highest 52.9% 83.4% 83.6% 83.7% 83.9% 83.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Muskegon 37,213 13 Clean
Norton Shores 23,994 9 Clean
Muskegon Heights 9,917 69 Clean
Fruitport Township 9,355 8 Clean
Muskegon Co Eastside Water System 7,135 6 Clean
Musk Co Northside Water System 5,133 7 Clean
Roosevelt Park 3,831 6 Clean
North Muskegon 3,786 6 Clean
Whitehall 2,902 27 -
Montague 2,479 12 -
Wesco #30 2,000 2 -
Arlington Woods 1,650 12 Clean
Ravenna 1,219 32 -
Apple Carr Village 1,125 22 -
Egelcraft Mobile Home Park 1,125 42 -
Muskegon Co - Pioneer Park Campground 940 0 -
McCormick C-Store 850 10 -
J & H Family Store-Twin Lake Marathon 835 8 -
Muskegon Co Fairgrounds - Updyke Restroo 800 8 -
Jack's Quick Stop #3 800 32 -
Wesco Inc. #19 800 1 -
Timberline Estates 755 27 -
Speedway 6305 700 16 -
Applemill Bp 700 12 -
Oakridge High School 660 11 -
White River Campground (West Bath) 650 4 -
White River Campground (East Bath) 650 0 -
Blfac - Marek Dining Hall 600 10 -
Mdot - Muskegon, R501 570 0 -
Oakridge Upper Elementary 505 8 -
DNR Muskegon Channel Camp 500 0 -
McCormick Gas #3 500 8 -
McCormick #4 500 8 -
J & H Family Convenience Store 500 0 -
Holton Elementary 475 72 -
Journey Church 457 0 -
Gerber Scout Camp - Centennial Hall 450 0 -
Holton Middle/ High School 448 18 -
Northstar Cinemas 414 27 -
Dollar General #8659 - Muskegon 403 2 -
Oakridge Middle School 400 11 -
KOA of Muskegon 400 16 -
Burger King #6843 400 39 -
Owasippe Scout Res-Central Sup 400 23 -
Blfac - Gershwin 400 9 -
Oakridge Lower Elementary Schools 355 8 -
Fellowship Reformed Church 350 8 -
Hometown Convenience 350 21 -
New Beginnings Church-Whitehall 350 4 -
Wolf Lake Campground & Resort 325 8 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Muskegon County

Cross-state counties nearest Muskegon County on flagged-system share (83.9%) and cumulative violation count (2,897). 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).

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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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