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Ecorse

Serves Ecorse, Wayne County, MI · 9,170 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Ecorse in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • MI0002050
  • ECORSE
  • MI
  • 9,170 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 48229
EPA system ID MI0002050

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Ecorse buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, January 2009.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1,815 lead and 403 unknown out of 3,749 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Ecorse go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 7
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

Michigan regulators and EPA took 4 formal enforcement actions against Ecorse between 2007 and 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 22, 2009 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 31, 2008 Michigan Administrative penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Oct 1, 2007 Michigan Administrative penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jul 13, 2007 Michigan Administrative penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

Where the water comes from

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

Buys water from

Annual water quality report

Ecorse 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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