Where Can I Find Information About My Water Quality?
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Where Can I Find Information About My Water Quality?
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To learn more about your drinking water quality, contact:- Your public water supplier for their Annual Water Quality Report also known as a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).
- Your local health department if you have a private residential well.
What’s a Consumer Confidence Report?
A Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), which can be called an annual water quality report or a drinking water quality report, provides information on your local drinking water quality. Every community water supplier must provide an annual report by July 1 of each year to its customers, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Consumer Confidence Report Rule.
The Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule requires community water supplies to annually report to their customers on the quality of the drinking water and the sources of that water, and to characterize the risks (if any) from exposure to contaminants detected in the water.
Where can I find my local Consumer Confidence Report?
Contact your local water supplier and request a copy if you didn’t receive one.
Where Can I Find Information About Private Residential Wells?
Where Can I Find Information About Private Residential Wells?
Some Michigan residents receive their water from private residential wells. EPA regulations that protect public drinking water systems do not apply to privately owned wells. As a result, owners of private wells are responsible for ensuring that their water is safe from contaminants.
For information on water quality and well construction, please review the fact sheets below. Contact your local health department for additional information.
Water Quality
- Arsenic in Well Water
- Coliform Bacteria & Well Water Sampling
- Drinking Water Well Maintenance
- Elevated Hydrogen Sulfide Gas
- Flowing Wells
- Groundwater Statistics
- Insects in Your Water Well
- Iron Bacteria in Wells
- Manganese in Wells
- Nitrate and Nitrite in Drinking Water
- Protect Against the Unknown: Test Your Drinking Water from Your Well
- Protecting Your Private Water Supply in an Emergency
- Understanding your Drinking Water Sample Results
- Well Water Test Maze
- Well Water Word Search
Well Construction
- A Consumer’s Guide to Hiring a Well Contractor
- Before You Start a Well Drilling Business
- How to Locate Abandoned Wells
- Hydrologic Cycle
- Plugging Abandoned Wells
- Plugging Wells When Community Water Lines are Extended
- State of Michigan Resources for Water Wells & Potential Sources of Contamination
- Water Well Construction Statistics in Michigan
- Water Well Equipment Approval List
- Wellogic
- Your New Water Well
The following websites are recommended for obtaining fact sheets on various water well and groundwater topics.
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