Public water system record
Sparta
Serves Sparta, Kent County, MI · 4,140 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Sparta 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
- Sparta draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Michigan, November 2007.
- Record on file since 1993, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 49 unknown out of 1,635 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Sparta go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2015, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2011 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Michigan regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Sparta in 2007. The most recent was an administrative penalty in November 2007.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2007 | Michigan | Administrative penalty | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Sparta draws water from 4 wells.
Annual water quality report
Sparta 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