Public water system record
Sylvan Lake
Serves Sylvan Lake, Oakland County, MI · 2,155 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Sylvan Lake 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
- Sylvan Lake buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, May 2009.
- Record on file since 1991, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 467 unknown out of 836 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Sylvan Lake go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 7 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Sylvan Lake in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2009 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
Where the water comes from
Sylvan Lake buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Great Lakes Water Authority Detroit, MI
Annual water quality report
Sylvan Lake 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