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City of Eastpointe

Serves Eastpointe, Macomb County, MI · 32,442 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Eastpointe in the last ten years.

  • MI0001950
  • EASTPOINTE
  • MI
  • 32,442 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 48021
EPA system ID MI0001950

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • City of Eastpointe buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, March 2009.
  • Record on file since 2007, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 779 lead and 0 unknown out of 13,504 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2007

EPA's records for City of Eastpointe go back to 2007. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Eastpointe in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 4, 2009 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

City of Eastpointe buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

City of Eastpointe 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.

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