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Van Buren County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI159 · Van Buren County 185 sys · 4,250 viol · #869/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 82.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #869/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 185 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Midland County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Van Buren County ranks #869 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #24 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Van Buren County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 82.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 14.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #869 of 3,254 · #24 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Van Buren County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Van Buren · this county Houghton · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 81.8% 82.2% 82.4% 82.6% 82.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
South Haven Area Water & Sewer Authority 9,133 16 Clean
Paw Paw 3,362 27 Clean
Hartford 2,688 33 -
Mattawan 2,550 71 -
Bangor 2,000 33 -
Lawton 1,900 57 -
Decatur 1,838 18 -
Covert Township 1,805 5 -
Timber Trails RV Park 1,296 19 -
Lawrence 1,045 54 -
Oak Shores Campground 1 992 4 -
Oak Shores Campground 4 992 0 -
Reits Flea Market Rest Stop 800 17 -
Lake of the Woods Camp Glen Camp 800 17 -
Reits Flea Market Pavillion 800 0 -
Lake of the Woods Blue House 800 1 -
Paw Paw High School 780 170 -
Bloomingdale High School 750 8 -
Lawton Community Center 730 110 -
Gobles 725 9 -
Sunnybrook RV Resort LLC 724 23 -
Brush Creek Campground 500 2 -
Driftwood 500 20 -
Cathy's Kitchen 500 43 -
Sunberry Beverages Limited 500 13 -
The Strand Brewery 440 41 -
Camp Agudah Midwest 430 23 -
Refresco 420 46 -
Red Arrow Ministries 400 17 -
Natures' Resort & RV Campground 364 28 -
Miracle Camp & Retreat Center Main 350 16 -
Mr Grocery 350 35 -
Miracle Camp & Retreat Center 2 350 0 -
Bloomingdale Elementary 330 21 -
Dune Lake Campground 320 2 -
Gingerman Raceway - South Bathhouse 300 24 -
Gingerman Raceway-Campground 300 0 -
Gingerman Raceway - Concession 300 0 -
South Haven Family Campground 296 9 -
Marion Magnolia Farms 290 10 -
Sunrise Migrant Camp 80-0085 288 16 -
Linden Hills/Covert Resort Association 250 40 -
Phoenix Country Market 250 22 -
Kal-Haven Outpost LLC 250 0 -
Jimmy's Roadhouse Bar & Grill 240 7 -
Olive Branch Academy- Principle Group 234 39 -
Lawson Oil Company 225 10 -
Paw Paw Seventh-Day Adventist Church 200 36 -
Shafer Lake Fruit 200 40 -
Magoos Sunoco 200 15 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Van Buren County

Cross-state counties nearest Van Buren County on flagged-system share (82.2%) and cumulative violation count (4,250). 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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