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Hamtramck

Serves Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI · 22,413 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Hamtramck in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Lead and Copper Rule violation.

  • MI0002970
  • HAMTRAMCK
  • MI
  • 22,413 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 48212
EPA system ID MI0002970

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Hamtramck buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Michigan, October 2005.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 793 lead and 4,551 unknown out of 6,225 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 1, 2019 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
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Hamtramck go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 5
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 1
2020s 1 3

Enforcement actions

Michigan regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Hamtramck between 2004 and 2005. The most recent was an administrative penalty in October 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 31, 2005 Michigan Administrative penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jul 25, 2005 Michigan Administrative penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jul 16, 2004 Michigan Administrative penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

2 incidents

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 each of these violations.

Where the water comes from

Hamtramck 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

Hamtramck 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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Testing your own water

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