Public water system · MI2031102
ActivePictured Rocks Trading Company
At a glance
Pictured Rocks Trading Company (PWSID MI2031102) is an active transient non-community water system in Alger County, Michigan. It reports serving 50 people through 13 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
50
Service connections
13
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Pictured Rocks Trading Company compare with other water systems in Alger County?
By EPA's size categories, Pictured Rocks Trading Company is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Alger County has 85 active public water systems. Its population served is about 56% below the county average of 115 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 9,767 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 Pictured Rocks Trading Company is about 65% 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 Pictured Rocks Trading Company?
EPA lists Pictured Rocks Trading Company 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. 67 of the 85 active systems in Alger County (79%) are also privately owned.
Does Pictured Rocks Trading Company have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024. By type: 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved is Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 as archived. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
The one violation in EPA's records.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.
Pictured Rocks Trading Company: frequently asked questions
Who runs Pictured Rocks Trading Company?
Pictured Rocks Trading Company (PWSID MI2031102) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.
How many people does Pictured Rocks Trading Company serve?
Pictured Rocks Trading Company reports serving 50 people through 13 service connections in Alger County, Michigan.
Where does Pictured Rocks Trading Company 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 Pictured Rocks Trading Company have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in October 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 Pictured Rocks Trading Company'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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Pictured Rocks Trading Company's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pictured Rocks Trading Company 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 Alger County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munising | Alger | 2,783 | Community | Groundwater |
| Munising Industrial Park | Alger | 465 | Community | Groundwater |
| Burt Township | Alger | 411 | Community | Groundwater |
| Chatham | Alger | 300 | Community | Groundwater |
| Pictured Rocks Rv Park & Campground | Alger | 288 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Autrain Beach Campground | Alger | 200 | 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, “Pictured Rocks Trading Company, PWSID MI2031102, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/pictured-rocks-trading-company-mi2031102 (data as of October 1, 2026).