Public water system · MI2014443

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St. Bernards Church

At a glance

St. Bernards Church (PWSID MI2014443) is an active transient non-community water system in Lake 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 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2022.

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

PWSIDMI2014443

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—

CountyLake County

How does St. Bernards Church compare with other water systems in Lake County?

By EPA's size categories, St. Bernards Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lake County has 73 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 110 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 7,999 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 St. Bernards Church 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 St. Bernards Church?

EPA lists St. Bernards 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. 70 of the 73 active systems in Lake County (96%) are also privately owned.

Does St. Bernards Church have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2022. The violations listed here began between July 2016 and August 2022. By type: 7 monitoring and 3 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 10 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
2022-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2017-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-07-01	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
2016-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

All 10 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.

St. Bernards Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs St. Bernards Church?

St. Bernards Church (PWSID MI2014443) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does St. Bernards Church serve?

St. Bernards Church reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Lake County, Michigan.

Where does St. Bernards 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 St. Bernards Church have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2022. 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 St. Bernards 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 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.

Where can I find St. Bernards Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. St. Bernards 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 Lake County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Baldwin, Village of	Lake	1,060	Community	Groundwater
Big Star Ez Mart	Lake	650	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Chase Creek Smokehouse	Lake	531	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Mountain View Village West	Lake	440	Community	Groundwater
Odd Fellow & Rebekah Camp	Lake	320	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Leisure Time Campground	Lake	270	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, “St. Bernards Church, PWSID MI2014443, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/st-bernards-church-mi2014443 (data as of October 1, 2026).