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Last Resort Motel

At a glance

Last Resort Motel (PWSID MI2005464) is an active transient non-community water system in Oceana County, Michigan. It reports serving 35 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024.

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

Population served

35

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMI2005464
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served35
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMI state drinking water program
City served—
StateMichigan
ZIP—
CountyOceana County

How does Last Resort Motel compare with other water systems in Oceana County?

By EPA's size categories, Last Resort Motel is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Oceana County has 129 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 236 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 30,487 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 Last Resort Motel 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 Last Resort Motel?

EPA lists Last Resort Motel 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. 122 of the 129 active systems in Oceana County (95%) are also privately owned.

Does Last Resort Motel have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. The violations listed here began between October 2023 and April 2024. By type: 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 2 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2024-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2023-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

All 2 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.

Last Resort Motel: frequently asked questions

Who runs Last Resort Motel?

Last Resort Motel (PWSID MI2005464) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does Last Resort Motel serve?

Last Resort Motel reports serving 35 people through 1 service connection in Oceana County, Michigan.

Where does Last Resort Motel 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 Last Resort Motel have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. 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 Last Resort Motel'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 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Last Resort Motel's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Last Resort Motel 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 Oceana County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
HartOceana2,126CommunityGroundwater
ShelbyOceana1,964CommunityGroundwater
Gateway Plaza HartOceana1,103Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Rothbury Wesco - Store #51Oceana900Transient non-communityGroundwater
PentwaterOceana857CommunityGroundwater
Wishing Well Ez Mart #899Oceana850Transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Last Resort Motel, PWSID MI2005464, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/last-resort-motel-mi2005464 (data as of October 1, 2026).