Public water system record
Muskegon Heights
Serves Muskegon Heights and Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI · 9,917 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Muskegon Heights in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 13
Key facts
- Muskegon Heights draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Michigan, May 2024.
- Record on file since 2002, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 3,940 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,154 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jan 20, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Feb 15, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Dec 13, 2022 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for Muskegon Heights go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 13 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began January 2009, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 28, 2008 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Michigan regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Muskegon Heights between 2009 and 2024. The most recent was an administrative penalty in May 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2024 | Michigan | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| May 12, 2023 | Michigan | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Jan 30, 2023 | Michigan | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Jan 22, 2009 | Michigan | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
Where the water comes from
Muskegon Heights draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
Annual water quality report
Muskegon Heights 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.
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