Public water system record
Paw Paw
Serves Paw Paw, Van Buren County, MI · 3,362 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Paw Paw 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
- 4
Key facts
- Paw Paw draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Michigan, January 2023.
- Record on file since 1991, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 208 unknown out of 295 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Dec 14, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Paw Paw go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 1991, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Michigan regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Paw Paw and issued 1 boil water order between 1991 and 2023. The most recent was an administrative penalty in January 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2023 | Michigan | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Nov 26, 1991 | Michigan | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Paw Paw draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Paw Paw 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