Is Granger Waste Services of Alma water safe to drink?

Granger Waste Services of Alma (PWS ID: MI2070229) has 4 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 27 people using Groundwater sources.

How many people does Granger Waste Services of Alma serve?

EPA SDWIS reports that Granger Waste Services of Alma serves 27 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Lansing or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 2 service connections. The operator address is listed in Lansing, Michigan.

What type of violations does Granger Waste Services of Alma have?

Granger Waste Services of Alma has 4 total violations: 0 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 3 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Has PFAS been detected in Granger Waste Services of Alma water?

No PFAS testing data is available for Granger Waste Services of Alma under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

What water source does Granger Waste Services of Alma use?

Granger Waste Services of Alma uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Transient Non-Community Water System, serving transient populations.

Where does this data come from?

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

How does Granger Waste Services of Alma's violation count compare nationally?

Granger Waste Services of Alma has 4 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 8% of that cohort has fewer violations than Granger Waste Services of Alma. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

States → Michigan

Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MI2070229

Granger Waste Services of Alma

Operator location Lansing, Michigan - 0% of 4 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 27 served per SDWIS.

Compiled by PlainWater · May 15, 2026

27
People served (this PWS): 4
EPA violations (this PWS): 0
Health-based (this PWS): Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)

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Granger Waste Services of Alma standing, low SDWIS violation third

0% of 4 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%).

The verdict

Granger Waste Services of Alma is in the lower third by violation count (4; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is smaller (27; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

4
Total EPA violations on record: 0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure): 27
People served by this PWS (SDWIS): N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

Water Safety Score

85/100

Granger Waste Services of Alma

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations A+

EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)

Monitoring & reporting violations B+

Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)

PFAS contamination N/A

Not UCMR5-tested

Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type: Transient Non-Community
Owner Type: Private
Connections: 2
County: Gratiot
School/Daycare: No
MCL Violations: 0
Monitoring Violations: 3
Treatment Tech Violations: 0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	3	2021

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Granger Waste Services of Alma has 4 recorded EPA violations, 8% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 90% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 4), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

4 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 90% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Granger Waste Services of Alma plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

How to read this

Each dot is one public water system; the highlighted dot is Granger Waste Services of Alma. A system to the right has more recorded violations; a system higher up has a larger share of those violations classified health-based rather than monitoring or reporting.

Rare but serious: few violations, but most of them are health-based.
Frequent, mostly paperwork: many violations, but mostly monitoring or reporting, not health-based.
Clean record: below-median on both counts, the tinted corner.

View all 30 systems as a list

City of Ballinger: 372 violations, 85% health-based
Nooksack Valley Water Association: 16 violations, 31% health-based
Montgomery Co RWD 12: 7 violations, 29% health-based
Irvin Water District #6: 11 violations, 27% health-based
Ticonderoga WD: 47 violations, 26% health-based
Pine Valley Plantation: 37 violations, 24% health-based
McLouth, City Of: 29 violations, 17% health-based
Kipling Oaks 1: 25 violations, 16% health-based
South Deerfield Water Supply District: 96 violations, 16% health-based
Sunset Ridge Water District: 82 violations, 15% health-based
Orange Water Dept: 136 violations, 14% health-based
Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1: 167 violations, 11% health-based
Lake Gibson Estates: 42 violations, 2% health-based
Benson Culinary Improvement District: 212 violations, 1% health-based
Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth: 567 violations, 1% health-based
Miccosukee Service Plaza: 0 violations, 0% health-based
Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3: 0 violations, 0% health-based
Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600: 2 violations, 0% health-based
Center Water Co: 5 violations, 0% health-based
Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs: 9 violations, 0% health-based
Great Bend Industrial Park: 14 violations, 0% health-based
Glen Park Village: 19 violations, 0% health-based
Camp Is-Sho-Da: 22 violations, 0% health-based
Hamilton: 33 violations, 0% health-based
Town of Welaka: 54 violations, 0% health-based
Township of Blairstown Dpw: 61 violations, 0% health-based
McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority: 71 violations, 0% health-based
Clarkdale Municipal Water System: 114 violations, 0% health-based
Eureka Water Association: 273 violations, 0% health-based
Granger Waste Services of Alma: 4 violations, 0% health-based (this system)

Health-based violations on Granger Waste Services of Alma

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MI2070229.

EPA SDWIS · PWS MI2070229 MI primacy agency

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Michigan EGLE, Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division

Nationwide peers

4 violations · 27 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

What to do with Granger Waste Services of Alma

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater