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Saginaw County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI145 · Saginaw County 61 sys · 1,094 viol · #380/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 90.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 11.8% health
  • RANK-TOP #380/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 22.2% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 67%
  • SYS-MID 61 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Saginaw County ranks #380 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Saginaw County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 90.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 11.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 22.2% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #380 of 3,254 · #10 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Saginaw County

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

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

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Saginaw, City Of 44,058 10 Detected
Saginaw Charter Township 40,840 4 Clean
Thomas Township 11,931 1 Clean
Bridgeport Township 10,104 6 Clean
Tittabawassee Township 9,227 37 Clean
Buena Vista Township 8,676 27 Detected
Carrollton Township 6,103 6 Clean
Frankenmuth, City Of 4,944 0 Clean
Kochville Township 4,695 12 Clean
Blumfield-Reese Water Auth. 3,024 0 -
Chesaning, Village Of 2,394 23 -
Spaulding Township 2,153 8 -
Birch Run Township 2,080 6 -
St. Charles, Village Of 2,054 24 -
Taymouth Township 2,033 0 -
James Township 2,023 6 -
Swan Creek Township 2,023 8 -
Hemlock/Richland Township 1,632 16 -
Birch Run, Village Of 1,555 14 -
Zilwaukee, City Of 1,534 6 -
Frankenmuth Township 1,389 0 -
Shay Water Co, Inc. 1,000 1 -
Merrill, Village Of 695 38 -
Albee Township 411 0 -
Lake of Dreams Campground 300 9 -
Stoddard Mobile Home Court 285 35 -
Freeland Mobile Home Park 280 16 -
St. Michael's Church 250 32 -
McDonalds of Chesaning 200 19 -
Good Times Market 200 16 -
Great Lakes Taco LLC 170 0 -
St. Peter's Lutheran School 150 31 -
Granny's Kitchen 150 14 -
The Junction 100 16 -
Jenn's Place 100 49 -
Evergreen Tavern 100 28 -
Ringwood Forest County Park 100 13 -
Wolverine Sportsman Club 100 12 -
Knights of Columbus - Chesaning #2943 100 4 -
Moose Lodge #2426 72 35 -
Zion Lutheran Church / School - Hemlock 70 22 -
Back Woods Bar and Grill 60 12 -
Christ Evang Luth Church & Sch 60 13 -
Parkwood 58 120 -
Big Joe's Layton Corners Bar 50 18 -
Little Bar of Oakley 50 10 -
Merrill Dairy Bar 50 19 -
Mt. Zion Missionary Babtist 50 35 -
Gabe's Grocery 50 35 -
Frostys Freezer 50 6 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Saginaw County

Cross-state counties nearest Saginaw County on flagged-system share (90.2%) and cumulative violation count (1,094). 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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