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Kalamazoo

Serves Kalamazoo, Eastwood, Westwood and 1 more place, Kalamazoo County, MI · 192,992 people served

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

  • MI0003520
  • KALAMAZOO
  • MI
  • 192,992 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 49001
EPA system ID MI0003520

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

Key facts

  • Kalamazoo draws water from 96 wells.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 4,328 lead and 0 unknown out of 46,940 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 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jan 1, 2018 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 Active
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Kalamazoo go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 4 0
2020s 0 1

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

4 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

Kalamazoo draws water from 96 wells.

Annual water quality report

Kalamazoo 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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