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Battle Creek - Verona System

Serves Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI · 43,975 people served

Federal records show 9 health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Battle Creek - Verona System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • MI0000450
  • BATTLE CREEK
  • MI
  • 43,975 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 49014
EPA system ID MI0000450

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
9
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
8
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Battle Creek - Verona System draws water from 24 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.107 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Michigan, July 2025.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 3,614 lead and 7,066 unknown out of 18,783 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.104 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.102 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.107 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.103 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 30, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 30, 2025 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Battle Creek - Verona System go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 9 3

Enforcement actions

Michigan regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Battle Creek - Verona System in 2025. The most recent was an administrative penalty in July 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 10, 2025 Michigan Administrative penalty 2 violations: Public Notice

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

8 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Lead and Copper Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Battle Creek - Verona System draws water from 24 wells. 3 other community water systems buy water from Battle Creek - Verona System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Battle Creek - Verona System must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

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