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Sault Ste Marie

Serves Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI · 14,689 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Sault Ste Marie in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule violation.

  • MI0005950
  • SAULT STE. MARIE
  • MI
  • 14,689 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 49783
EPA system ID MI0005950

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
7

Key facts

  • Sault Ste Marie draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Michigan, September 2020.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 199 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,265 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
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
 210 Mar 9, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Feb 11, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Michigan regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Sault Ste Marie in 2020. The most recent was an administrative penalty in September 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 3, 2020 Michigan Administrative penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a treatment requirement of the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Byproducts form when disinfectants react with natural material in water. Long-term exposure above federal limits may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Sault Ste Marie draws water from 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

Sault Ste Marie 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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