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Berlin Baptist Church

At a glance

Berlin Baptist Church (PWSID MI2048870) is an active transient non-community water system in Ottawa County, Michigan. It reports serving 160 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

160

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMI2048870

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served160

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMI state drinking water program

City served—

StateMichigan

ZIP—

CountyOttawa County

How does Berlin Baptist Church compare with other water systems in Ottawa County?

By EPA's size categories, Berlin Baptist Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Ottawa County has 225 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,081 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 243,313 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Michigan, the 10,599 active systems average 847 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Berlin Baptist Church is about 11% above that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Michigan has 7,865 active transient non-community water systems, 74% of the state's 10,599 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 10,214 Michigan systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Berlin Baptist Church?

EPA lists Berlin Baptist Church as privately owned. The MI state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 202 of the 225 active systems in Ottawa County (90%) are also privately owned.

Does Berlin Baptist Church have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. The violations listed here began between January 1996 and July 2023. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting, 3 monitoring and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (6 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2023-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2019-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2009-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Nitratecode 1040	Yes	Resolved
2006-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1999-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1998-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1997-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

All 11 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Berlin Baptist Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Berlin Baptist Church?

Berlin Baptist Church (PWSID MI2048870) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does Berlin Baptist Church serve?

Berlin Baptist Church reports serving 160 people through 1 service connection in Ottawa County, Michigan.

Where does Berlin Baptist Church get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Berlin Baptist Church have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Berlin Baptist Church's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Berlin Baptist Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Berlin Baptist Church is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Ottawa County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Holland Board of Public Works	Ottawa	49,687	Community	Surface water
Georgetown Township	Ottawa	41,086	Community	Purchased surface water
Holland Township Consolidated	Ottawa	26,100	Community	Purchased surface water
Allendale Township	Ottawa	19,725	Community	Purchased surface water
Grand Haven Township	Ottawa	15,051	Community	Purchased surface water
Grand Haven	Ottawa	10,412	Community	Purchased surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Berlin Baptist Church, PWSID MI2048870, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/berlin-baptist-church-mi2048870 (data as of October 1, 2026).