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The Drinking Water Analysis Laboratory offers services for the analysis of drinking water quality. These services include all physical, chemical, and microbiological testing procedures currently used for this purpose by state and local water supply programs.
The Drinking Water Laboratory will be closed for the following 2025 State of Michigan holidays.
Thursday, November 27, 2025 – Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday, November 28, 2025 – Thanksgiving Holiday
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 – Christmas Eve Holiday
Thursday, December 25, 2025 – Christmas Day Holiday
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 – New Year’s Eve Holiday
Thursday, January 1, 2026 – New Year’s Day Holiday
During these holidays, surface water samples will only be accepted for bacteriological testing Monday November 24, 2025, and Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Surface water samples will not be accepted during the weeks of December 22, 2025, through December 26, 2025, and December 29, 2025, through January 2, 2026.
Mail delays may occur during these holiday periods. Sampling and overnight shipping for all testing should be scheduled to ensure samples are received the next day by the laboratory and accepted for testing. Contact your shipper of choice before collecting your samples to ensure they can guarantee delivery within the appropriate timeframe.
Samples collected for compliance purposes should be received by the laboratory no later than Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
Effective next year on October 1, 2026, the following change will apply to Drinking Water Laboratory operations:
Drinking Water Testing Fees will be increasing.
New fees will reflect an increase over the laboratory's last adjustment of testing fees in 2007. This adjustment is based on changes in the Detroit Consumer Price Index and will help offset the continuing rise in laboratory operational expenses.
The new Drinking Water Testing Fees Schedule, Testing Fees Frequently Asked Questions, and short Drinking Water Testing Fees Customer Survey are below.
Microbiology Sample Submission
Effective October 1, 2025, the following change will apply to Drinking Water Laboratory operations:
Payment for analysis will be accepted through invoice payment, issued after analysis is complete. Any prepayment received with sample submissions will be returned to sender. Invoice payment can be completed at The Pay Place.
Partial Chemistry Bottles
Submission of a single bottle for the Partial Chemistry analysis package will be rejected.
Partial Chemistry analysis requires a 250mL bottle and a 125mL bottle.
There are many reasons to get your drinking water tested, including but not limited to unusual color or odors, selling or buying a home with a drinking water well, or maintaining a drinking water well on your property.
Follow our 4 easy steps to test your drinking water.
