Public water system record
Garden City
Serves Garden City, Wayne County, MI · 27,625 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Garden City in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Garden City buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, April 2009.
- Record on file since 2007, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 315 lead and 577 unknown out of 11,632 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
Full record since 2007
EPA's records for Garden City go back to 2007. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Garden City in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2009 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
| Mar 31, 2009 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
Where the water comes from
Garden City buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Great Lakes Water Authority Detroit, MI
Annual water quality report
Garden City 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
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Michigan.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells