Public water system · MI2024319

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Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe

At a glance

Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe (PWSID MI2024319) is an active transient non-community water system in Clinton County, Michigan. It reports serving 25 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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMI2024319

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMI state drinking water program

City served—

StateMichigan

ZIP—

CountyClinton County

How does Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe compare with other water systems in Clinton County?

By EPA's size categories, Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Clinton County has 87 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 360 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 31,337 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 Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe is well below 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 Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe?

EPA lists Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe 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. 68 of the 87 active systems in Clinton County (78%) are also privately owned.

Does Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. The violations listed here began between January 1995 and January 2020. By type: 10 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (6 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2003-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1999-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1999-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1997-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1997-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1995-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1995-01-01	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.

Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe: frequently asked questions

Who runs Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe?

Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe (PWSID MI2024319) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe serve?

Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Clinton County, Michigan.

Where does Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe 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 Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. 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 Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe'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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe 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 Clinton County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
St. Johns, City of	Clinton	7,896	Community	Groundwater
Mdot - Grand Ledge Rest Area, R825	Clinton	1,700	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Ovid, City of	Clinton	1,612	Community	Groundwater
Mdot - Dewitt S Bound Us-27	Clinton	1,500	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Fowler, Village of	Clinton	1,136	Community	Groundwater
Mobil Mcdonalds	Clinton	1,100	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater

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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, “Dewitt Party Store / Family Tree Cafe, PWSID MI2024319, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/dewitt-party-store-family-tree-cafe-mi2024319 (data as of October 1, 2026).