Water quality for ZIP code 48238
ZIP 48238 covers Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan, one of 69 ZIP codes in the county. 63 active public water systems serve the county; 39 had an EPA violation in the past three years.
Most likely your provider
Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.
Other community water systems in Wayne County
43 systems, nearest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Water Authority Detroit |
0 | 2 | 2.2 mi | |
| Highland Park Highland Park |
8,443 | 1 | 2.3 mi | |
| Hamtramck Hamtramck |
28,433 | 2 | 4.4 mi | |
| Dearborn Dearborn |
109,976 | 0 | 6.9 mi | |
| Redford Township |
49,504 | 1 | 7.7 mi | |
| Melvindale Melvindale |
12,851 | 1 | 8.3 mi | |
| Dearborn Heights Dearborn Heights |
57,774 | 5 | 8.9 mi | |
| River Rouge River Rouge |
7,224 | 4 | 8.9 mi | |
| Ecorse Ecorse |
9,305 | 1 | 9.4 mi | |
| Allen Park Allen Park |
28,210 | 1 | 10.1 mi | |
| Lincoln Park Lincoln Park |
38,144 | 2 | 10.8 mi | |
| Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Park |
11,555 | 2 | 10.9 mi | |
| Harper Woods Harper Woods |
14,236 | 1 | 11.1 mi | |
| Garden City Garden City |
27,625 | 1 | 11.2 mi | |
| Inkster Inkster |
25,076 | 1 | 11.4 mi | |
| Livonia Livonia |
96,942 | 0 | 11.7 mi | |
| Grosse Pointe, City of Grosse Pointe |
5,421 | 0 | 12.0 mi | |
| Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Farms |
9,757 | 0 | 12.4 mi | |
| Grosse Pointe Woods Grosse Pointe Woods |
16,135 | 2 | 12.8 mi | |
| Westland Wayne |
85,420 | 1 | 13.3 mi | |
| Taylor Taylor |
63,409 | 4 | 13.4 mi | |
| Grosse Pointe Shores Grosse Pointe Shores |
2,929 | 0 | 13.7 mi | |
| Southgate Southgate |
30,047 | 1 | 13.8 mi | |
| Wyandotte Wyandotte |
25,883 | 0 | 13.9 mi | |
| Wayne Wayne |
17,713 | 1 | 14.9 mi |
Non-community systems in Wayne County (19: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe |
2,397 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Corewell Health Beaumont Taylor Taylor |
748 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Omelette & Waffle Cafe |
200 | 2 | 0 | |
|
St. John's Golf Course-Halfway Conc |
50 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Colony Swim Club |
200 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Dnr-Maybury Sp-Oak Shelter Picnic Area |
200 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Dnr-Maybury Sp-Main Conc Stand Well |
100 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Dnr-Maybury Sp-Day Camp |
25 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Dnr-Maybury Sp-S Campground |
25 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Western Wayne County Conservation Assn |
25 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Co. Airport |
6,000 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Mgm Grand Casino-Detroit |
3,700 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital |
2,500 | 0 | 0 | |
|
UM Northville Health Center |
1,054 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Henry Ford Health Center Brownstown |
500 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Trinity Health Canton |
450 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Detroit Medical Center-Harper |
350 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Little Seeds Child Development Center |
105 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Dnr-Maybury Sp-Horse Staging Area |
100 | 1 | 1 |
About this data
Water systems are matched to Wayne County, the county this ZIP code lies in, nearest to the ZIP code's centre 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 place files.
ZIP code areas and town boundaries come from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA 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.