Community Water System · PWS MI0006610
Three Rivers
Operator location Three Rivers, Michigan - 61% of 85 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 7,905 served per SDWIS.
- 7,905
- People served (this PWS)
- 85
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 52
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Three Rivers standing, high SDWIS violation third
61% of 85 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 61% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #5,659 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Three Rivers sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (85), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (7,905; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 61% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #5,659 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #181 of 1,375
- Population · MI
- 85
- Total EPA violations on record
- 61%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,600
- County
- St. Joseph
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 52
- Monitoring Violations
- 25
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 52 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 13 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1996 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Three Rivers has 85 recorded EPA violations, 70% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 30% carry more. 61% of this system's own violations are health-based (52 of 85), and it ranks #5,659 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
85 Around the middle fewer violations than 30% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 2 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHpS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/16/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/16/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/16/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/16/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/16/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/16/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/16/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/16/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/16/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/16/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/16/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/16/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/16/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Three Rivers
52 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MI0006610.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Michigan EGLE, Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division
Nationwide peers
85 violations · 7,905 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Three Rivers
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Michigan compares on the same EPA violation measures. Michigan systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.