Public water system · MI2025428
ActiveTcaps - Courtade Elem School
At a glance
Tcaps - Courtade Elem School (PWSID MI2025428) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. It reports serving 208 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2008.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
208
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
NTNCWS
Non-transient non-community water system
System record
How does Tcaps - Courtade Elem School compare with other water systems in Grand Traverse County?
By EPA's size categories, Tcaps - Courtade Elem School is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Grand Traverse County has 173 active public water systems. Its population served is about 37% below the county average of 329 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 56,994 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Michigan, the 10,599 active systems average 847 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Tcaps - Courtade Elem School is about half of that figure.
What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?
A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Michigan has 1,402 active non-transient non-community water systems, 13% 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 Tcaps - Courtade Elem School?
EPA lists Tcaps - Courtade Elem School 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. 144 of the 173 active systems in Grand Traverse County (83%) are also privately owned.
Does Tcaps - Courtade Elem School have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2008. The violations listed here began between January 1999 and January 2008. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Arsenic, Lead and Copper Rule, Thallium and Barium. EPA lists 8 as archived and 4 as resolved. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Arseniccode 1005 | No | Resolved |
| 2007-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Thalliumcode 1085 | No | Archived |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Bariumcode 1010 | No | Archived |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Mercurycode 1035 | No | Archived |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Seleniumcode 1045 | No | Archived |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Berylliumcode 1075 | No | Archived |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Cadmiumcode 1015 | No | Archived |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Chromiumcode 1020 | No | Archived |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Antimonycode 1074 | No | Archived |
| 1999-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Toluenecode 2991 | No | Resolved |
| 1999-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), totalcode 2383 | No | Resolved |
The 12 most recent 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.
Tcaps - Courtade Elem School: frequently asked questions
Who runs Tcaps - Courtade Elem School?
Tcaps - Courtade Elem School (PWSID MI2025428) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.
How many people does Tcaps - Courtade Elem School serve?
Tcaps - Courtade Elem School reports serving 208 people through 1 service connection in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
Where does Tcaps - Courtade Elem School 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 Tcaps - Courtade Elem School have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2008. 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 Tcaps - Courtade Elem School'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2008. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Tcaps - Courtade Elem School's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Tcaps - Courtade Elem School is a non-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 Grand Traverse County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traverse City | Grand Traverse | 14,532 | Community | Surface water |
| Garfield Charter Township | Grand Traverse | 12,899 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| East Bay Charter Township | Grand Traverse | 3,720 | Community | Groundwater |
| Blair Township | Grand Traverse | 2,788 | Community | Groundwater |
| Peninsula Township | Grand Traverse | 1,790 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Kingsley, Village of | Grand Traverse | 1,657 | 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, “Tcaps - Courtade Elem School, PWSID MI2025428, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/tcaps-courtade-elem-school-mi2025428 (data as of October 1, 2026).