A complete list of all programs within the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
Community involvement and public participation are an essential part of EGLE’s mission, vision, and values.
SARA Title III establishes requirements regarding emergency planning and "Community Right-to-Know" reporting on hazardous and toxic chemicals for federal, state, local, and tribal governments, as well as regulated facilities.
Resources and information on utilizing RRD's data exchange and the Inventory of Facilities.
An interactive map displaying contaminated sites throughout Michigan regulated under Parts 213, 201, and 211.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Water Well Viewer (WWV), is an interactive mapping system that displays water wells along with other information, such as wellhead protection areas, underground storage tanks, and sites of environmental contamination. Water well locations have been identified by address matching, the use of global positioning systems (GPS), and by legal descriptions.
This system allows water well drilling and pump installation contractors to submit water well records.
EGLE's interactive calendar is designed to provide timely information on decisions before the Director, proposed settlements of contested cases, administrative rules promulgation, public hearings, meetings and comment deadlines, and environmental conferences, workshops and training programs.
The Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides all persons (except persons incarcerated in correctional facilities) with access to public records of public bodies. Requests to inspect or receive public records from EGLE must be in writing and describe the requested records with enough detail to enable the department to identify and locate the requested records. Some records are exempt from disclosure under the FOIA or another statute and thus will not be provided. A fee may be charged to process your request. Please note that many records are available that do not require a formal FOIA request.
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Knowing about the water that you drink can be important to your overall health. This page contains information and resources to help you answer questions you may have about your drinking water quality.
You may also be interested in learning more about our Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division, or the Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate. Created through Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order 2019-06, the Office primarily serves as a resource and facilitator of communication between other offices, state agencies, community partners, and the public in issues related to drinking water.
Water is supplied to your home from either a public water supply or a private well. It’s important to determine how your water is supplied in order to understand how your water quality is monitored and who to contact when you need help.
EGLE regulates the public water supplies to ensure that they are complying with state and federal requirements to provide clean water to Michigan residents. Local health departments are the primary regulatory agencies with respect to residential wells.
We have developed this page to help you identify the most common drinking water quality issues and solutions when you’re connected to a public water supply, though some content may apply to private wells, too.
To learn more, contact your public water supplier for their Annual Water Quality Report also known as a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) or your local health department if you have a private residential well.
If you have concerns regarding your water quality, you can request testing through the EGLE laboratory, your local health department, or you can contact a private lab.
The EGLE lab offers testing services which include all physical, chemical, and microbiological testing procedures currently used for this purpose by state and local water supply programs.
If you still have a concern about your drinking water, find more information or report a concern via the Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate’s Drinking Water Concern System.
The online drinking water concern system was developed to provide Michigan residents with an additional channel to submit their water quality concerns to EGLE or their Local Health Department (LHD). Michigan residents can submit their water quality concerns using a mobile device or computer.
Mi Lead Safe connects people to important information on how lead may get into a water system, as well as what you can do to minimize your exposure.
