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Westland

Serves Wayne and Westland, Wayne County, MI · 85,420 people served

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

  • MI0007040
  • WESTLAND
  • MI
  • 85,420 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 48185
EPA system ID MI0007040

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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

  • Westland buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Michigan, August 2023.
  • Record on file since 2001, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 13,193 unknown out of 28,454 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, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 2001

EPA's records for Westland 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
2020s 0 4

Enforcement actions

Michigan regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Westland in 2023. The most recent was an administrative penalty in August 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 30, 2023 Michigan Administrative penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

Where the water comes from

Westland buys its water from Great Lakes Water Authority. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Westland 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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