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Sault Wesleyan Church

At a glance

Sault Wesleyan Church (PWSID MI2056317) is an active transient non-community water system in Chippewa County, Michigan. It reports serving 300 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

300

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMI2056317
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served300
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMI state drinking water program
City served—
StateMichigan
ZIP—
CountyChippewa County

How does Sault Wesleyan Church compare with other water systems in Chippewa County?

By EPA's size categories, Sault Wesleyan Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Chippewa County has 134 active public water systems. Its population served is roughly in line with the county average of 291 people per system, and accounts for 0.8% of the 38,970 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 Sault Wesleyan Church is about twice 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 Sault Wesleyan Church?

EPA lists Sault Wesleyan 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. 114 of the 134 active systems in Chippewa County (85%) are also privately owned.

Does Sault Wesleyan Church 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 January 2024 and April 2024. By type: 1 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Revised Total Coliform Rule and Nitrate. EPA lists 1 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2024-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived

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.

Sault Wesleyan Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Sault Wesleyan Church?

Sault Wesleyan Church (PWSID MI2056317) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does Sault Wesleyan Church serve?

Sault Wesleyan Church reports serving 300 people through 1 service connection in Chippewa County, Michigan.

Where does Sault Wesleyan 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 Sault Wesleyan Church 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 Sault Wesleyan 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 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 Sault Wesleyan Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sault Wesleyan 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 Chippewa County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Sault Ste MarieChippewa14,689CommunitySurface water
Kinross TownshipChippewa5,300CommunityGroundwater
Dnr - Tahq. Falls St. Pk. Upper Day UseChippewa2,400Transient non-communityGroundwater
Dnr - Tahq. Falls St. Pk., Lwr FallsChippewa872Transient non-communityGroundwater
Superior TownshipChippewa767CommunityGroundwater
Usfs - Point Iroquois-RestroomChippewa650Transient 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, “Sault Wesleyan Church, PWSID MI2056317, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/sault-wesleyan-church-mi2056317 (data as of October 1, 2026).