Kent County tap water
0 of 14 water systems serving Kent County with full PFAS testing averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 44 community water systems list this county as served; 14 serve 3,300+ people with full PFAS testing.
- 7 had a health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
Largest systems serving this county
| System | Source | People served (whole system) | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | Surface water | 306,901 | No | 0 |
| Wyoming | Surface water | 76,501 | No | 0 |
| Plainfield Township | Groundwater under surface influence | 42,271 | No | 0 |
| Byron-Gaines Utility Authority | Purchased surface water | 37,464 | No | 0 |
| Kentwood | Purchased surface water | 36,072 | No | 0 |
| Grandville | Purchased surface water | 15,948 | No | 0 |
| East Grand Rapids | Purchased surface water | 11,637 | No | 0 |
| Ada Township | Purchased surface water | 7,584 | No | 1 |
| Rockford | Groundwater | 7,160 | No | 0 |
| Caledonia Township | Groundwater | 4,573 | No | 0 |
| Lowell | Groundwater | 4,150 | No | 0 |
| Sparta | Groundwater | 4,140 | No | 0 |
Which one is yours? A county usually has several utilities. Your bill or your utility's annual water-quality report names yours. Population is for the whole system, which can cross county lines.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.