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Wayne County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI163 · Wayne County 55 sys · 1,141 viol · #22/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #22/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 2.4% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 82%
  • SYS-MID 55 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #22 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #1 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wayne County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% 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 2.4% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #22 of 3,254 · #1 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wayne County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Macomb · near Wayne · this county Menominee · highest 52.9% 97.1% 97.8% 98% 98.2% 99.1% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Detroit City Of 633,218 18 Clean
Dearborn 109,976 2 Clean
Canton Township 99,627 6 Clean
Livonia 96,942 11 Clean
Westland 84,094 17 Clean
Taylor 63,409 38 Clean
Dearborn Heights 57,774 40 Clean
Redford Township 49,504 20 Clean
Lincoln Park 38,144 19 Clean
Brownstown Township 33,194 1 Clean
Northville Township 32,103 9 Clean
Southgate 30,047 11 Clean
Allen Park 28,210 27 Detected
Garden City 27,625 11 Clean
Plymouth Township 27,524 8 Clean
Van Buren Township 27,359 7 Clean
Wyandotte 25,883 2 Clean
Inkster 25,076 31 Clean
Romulus 23,989 20 Clean
Hamtramck 22,413 39 Clean
Trenton 18,544 13 Clean
Wayne 17,593 14 Clean
Grosse Pointe Woods 16,135 2 Clean
Huron Twp 15,879 1 Clean
Harper Woods 14,236 25 Clean
Woodhaven 12,941 12 Clean
Melvindale 12,851 36 Clean
Riverview 12,486 8 Clean
Grosse Pointe Park 11,555 78 Clean
Flat Rock 10,541 11 Clean
Grosse Ile Township 10,371 17 Clean
Grosse Pointe Farms 9,757 19 Clean
Sumpter Township 9,576 18 Clean
Ecorse 9,512 20 Clean
Plymouth 9,132 24 Clean
Highland Park 8,977 44 Clean
River Rouge 7,224 35 Clean
Northville 6,119 13 Clean
Grosse Pointe, City Of 5,421 17 Clean
Gibraltar 4,997 22 Clean
Belleville 3,964 35 Clean
Mgm Grand Casino-Detroit 3,700 0 -
Rockwood 3,289 9 -
Grosse Pointe Shores 2,929 14 -
Omelette & Waffle Cafe 200 43 -
Colony Swim Club 200 25 -
DNR-Maybury State Pk/Oak Shelter Picnic 200 13 -
Little Seeds Child Development Center 105 112 -
DNR-Maybury State Pk/Main Conc Stand Wel 100 21 -
St. John's Golf Course-Halfway Conc 50 11 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Mid-flagged peers for Wayne County

Cross-state counties nearest Wayne County on flagged-system share (98.2%) and cumulative violation count (1,141). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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