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Pink Elephant Bar

At a glance

Pink Elephant Bar (PWSID MI2008974) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Clair County, Michigan. It reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2001.

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

PWSIDMI2008974

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMI state drinking water program

City served—

StateMichigan

ZIP—

CountySt. Clair County

How does Pink Elephant Bar compare with other water systems in St. Clair County?

By EPA's size categories, Pink Elephant Bar is a very small system (500 people or fewer). St. Clair County has 96 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,246 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 119,605 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 Pink Elephant Bar 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 Pink Elephant Bar?

EPA lists Pink Elephant Bar 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. 76 of the 96 active systems in St. Clair County (79%) are also privately owned.

Does Pink Elephant Bar have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2001. The violations listed here began between January 1995 and January 2001. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (6 of them). EPA lists 8 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
2001-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2000-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1997-04-01	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
1996-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-01-01	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
1995-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1995-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

All 9 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.

Pink Elephant Bar: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pink Elephant Bar?

Pink Elephant Bar (PWSID MI2008974) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does Pink Elephant Bar serve?

Pink Elephant Bar reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in St. Clair County, Michigan.

Where does Pink Elephant Bar 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 Pink Elephant Bar have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2001. 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 Pink Elephant Bar'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2001. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pink Elephant Bar's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pink Elephant Bar 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 St. Clair County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Port Huron, City of	St. Clair	28,983	Community	Surface water
Port Huron Township	St. Clair	10,654	Community	Purchased surface water
Marysville, City of	St. Clair	9,959	Community	Surface water
Clay Township	St. Clair	9,866	Community	Purchased surface water
Ira Township	St. Clair	6,510	Community	Surface water
St. Clair Water and Sewer Authority	St. Clair	5,847	Community	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, “Pink Elephant Bar, PWSID MI2008974, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/pink-elephant-bar-mi2008974 (data as of October 1, 2026).