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Ottawa County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI139 · Ottawa County 233 sys · 3,476 viol · #285/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 84.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #285/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 18.2% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-LARGE 233 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Osceola County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ottawa County ranks #285 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Ottawa County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 84.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 18.2% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #285 of 3,254 · #9 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ottawa County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Muskegon · near Osceola · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 83.9% 83.9% 84.5% 84.7% 85% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Holland Board of Public Works 49,687 9 Clean
Georgetown Township 41,086 1 Clean
Holland Township Consolidated 26,100 0 Clean
Allendale Township 19,725 2 Clean
Grand Haven Township 15,051 11 Clean
Grand Haven 10,412 0 Detected
Spring Lake Township 9,393 10 Detected
Zeeland Board of Public Works 8,328 6 Clean
Hudsonville 7,708 6 Clean
Coopersville 4,519 14 Clean
Jamestown Township 3,330 6 Clean
Ferrysburg 3,268 2 -
Spring Lake 2,512 5 -
West Olive Estates 1,850 39 -
Crockery Township 1,847 0 -
Oaisd - Careerline Tech Center 1,425 10 -
Mdot - Zeeland Rest Area, R528 1,250 4 -
Outdoor Adventures 950 33 -
Stanton Junction 900 10 -
Next Door Store #5052 900 185 -
Admiral #5862 825 36 -
J & H Oil Co - Holland 825 2 -
Mdot - Fruitport, R502 800 9 -
Berlin Fair Assoc. 800 0 -
Berlin Fair Assoc. 800 0 -
Dutch Treat Camping 600 10 -
St. Michael's Catholic Church 600 20 -
Consumers Energy - Wells 4, 6 & 17 600 41 -
Dutch Treat Camping - North Well 600 2 -
Allendale KOA 560 39 -
Olive/Blendon Twps 544 10 -
Baldwin Oaks Campground 509 5 -
Summit Church Old Building 500 22 -
Berlin Fair Grounds Assoc. 500 6 -
Berlin Fair Grounds Assoc. 500 0 -
Berlin Fair Assn (Turns 1,2 & Dr Ball) 500 2 -
Summit Church New Building 500 10 -
J & H Family Stores-Grandville 500 0 -
Celebration Bible Church 460 40 -
Bauer Christian Reformed Church 450 7 -
Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital 415 0 -
Crockery Mobile Home Park 413 28 -
Port Sheldon Township 407 2 -
Chapel in the Pines Family Campground 402 7 -
Port Sheldon Party Store 400 29 -
Berlin Fair Assoc. 400 1 -
Grace Protestant Reformed Church 370 21 -
Conestoga Grand River Campground 365 40 -
Robinson Elementary 362 40 -
North Blendon Christian Reformed Church 350 12 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Ottawa County

Cross-state counties nearest Ottawa County on flagged-system share (84.5%) and cumulative violation count (3,476). 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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