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Is Bay County Tap Water Safe to Drink?

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LAST UPDATED: 12:53 pm, April 8, 2021
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Bay County?

We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Bay County, Michigan.

However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Michigan is a out of 100.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Bay County.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Michigan, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

Click here to check out the water quality for Michigan

USER SUBMITTED RATINGS

Bay County tap water
  • Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 29% Low
  • Water Pollution 47% Moderate
  • Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 71% High
  • Water Quality 53% Moderate

The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Bay County, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).

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Bangor Township

EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.

Utility details

  • Serves: 12688
  • Data available: 2012-2017
  • Data Source: Purchased surface water
  • Total: 7

Contaminants That Exceed Guidelines

  • Chromium (hexavalent)
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Other Detected Contaminants

  • Chlorate
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Molybdenum
  • Strontium
  • Vanadium

Reminder

Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.

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