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Water quality in Chatham, Michigan

Chatham is in Alger County. 86 active public water systems serve the county; 41 had an EPA violation in the past three years.

Most likely your provider

Chatham MI0001355 · Community water system · Ground water · Chatham
Serves 300 people Rules violated, past 3 years 6 Last sanitary survey Jan 27, 2025 Distance under 0.1 mi

Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.

Other community water systems in Alger County

4 systems, nearest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrDistance
Munising
Munising
2,783 0 10.2 mi
Mathias Township
Trenary
175 4 15.3 mi
Burt Township
Grand Marais
411 0 45.6 mi
Munising Industrial Park
465 1 —
Non-community systems in Alger County (81: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Superior Times Resort
30 0 0
Northwoods Resort-Office/lodge/11/12/15
25 1 0
AU Train Beach Campground
200 1 0
AU Train Community Center Fire Hall
25 1 1
Northwoods Outpost
37 2 0
Brownstone Inn
25 2 0
Mdot Scott Falls R.p.
200 0 0
Rock River Beach Resort
25 0 0
Superior Times Campground
Au Train
100 0 0
Paddler's Inn
25 1 0
Pictured Rocks RV Park & Campground
288 0 0
Foggy's Bar
50 2 0
Usfs/hiawatha-Bay Furnace CG
50 1 0
Fort Superior Campground Upper
35 0 0
Fort Superior Campground Lower
30 0 0
AU Train-Onota Public School
63 1 0
Usfs Grand Island Williams Lndg
25 1 0
Mdot Grand Island Overlook R.p.
200 0 0
Holiday Inn Express Munising-Lakeview
110 1 0
Timber Ridge Inn
25 0 0
Dnr-Laughing Whitefish Falls Park
35 1 0
Buckhorn Resort Restaurant
144 1 0
Alger Falls Motel
25 1 0
Hillcrest Motel
45 1 0
Miners Falls Mini Golf
50 0 0
Dollar General Wetmore/munising #20466
25 0 0
Boarders Inn & Suites
50 0 0
North Star Hotel Pictured Rocks
25 0 0
Munising Baptist School
100 0 0
Circle K Fuel Wetmore
100 0 0
Americinn Munising
125 0 0
KOA Munsing CG South
145 1 0
Quality Inn (rm101-112/201-212/food)
150 1 0
Pictured Rocks Golf Course
80 1 0
Usda-Fs Island Lake CG
25 0 0
Dollar General Trenary #22278
55 0 0
BP Fuel Trenary Mini Mart
25 1 0
Timber Products Co. Office
25 1 1
Usnps Miners Castle
75 0 0
Usda-Fs Widewaters CG Well House
50 1 0
White Fawn Lodge Cabins 22/23
26 2 1
White Fawn Lodge Comm Building/motel
26 0 0
Bear Trap Inn
75 0 0
Bear Den
200 0 0
Usnps Little Beaver CG
75 0 0
Joeida Campground
50 1 0
Dnr-Kingston Lake CG
75 1 0
Usnps 12 Mile West CG
50 0 0
Usnps 12 Mile East CG
75 0 0
Usnps Lower Hurricane CG
75 0 0
All non-community systems
About this data

Water systems are matched to Alger County, nearest to Chatham first. Your exact provider depends on your address and connection; the largest community water system in a county is usually the city or town utility. Distances are measured to the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system or, for systems without one, to the centre of the first town EPA lists the system as serving, from Census Bureau county subdivision files.

Town locations and ZIP code areas come from U.S. Census Bureau 2020 files.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Michigan records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.