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City of Royal Oak

Serves Royal Oak, Oakland County, MI · 57,236 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Royal Oak in the last ten years.

  • MI0005830
  • ROYAL OAK
  • MI
  • 57,236 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 48067
EPA system ID MI0005830

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

Key facts

  • City of Royal Oak buys its water from Southeastern Oakland Co W Auth.
  • Record on file since 2001, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 879 lead and 766 unknown out of 23,615 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 2001

EPA's records for City of Royal Oak go back to 2001. 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
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 1

Where the water comes from

City of Royal Oak buys its water from Southeastern Oakland Co W Auth. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

City of Royal Oak 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

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