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Timber Ridge Motel

At a glance

Timber Ridge Motel (PWSID MI2013302) is an active transient non-community water system in Alger 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 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 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

PWSIDMI2013302

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—

CountyAlger County

How does Timber Ridge Motel compare with other water systems in Alger County?

By EPA's size categories, Timber Ridge Motel is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Alger County has 85 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 115 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% 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 Timber Ridge Motel 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 Timber Ridge Motel?

EPA lists Timber Ridge Motel 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 Timber Ridge Motel have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2022. The violations listed here began between October 1993 and April 2022. By type: 5 monitoring and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved and 2 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
2022-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
1994-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1993-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038	No	Archived

All 7 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.

Timber Ridge Motel: frequently asked questions

Who runs Timber Ridge Motel?

Timber Ridge Motel (PWSID MI2013302) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does Timber Ridge Motel serve?

Timber Ridge Motel reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Alger County, Michigan.

Where does Timber Ridge Motel 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 Timber Ridge Motel have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 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 Timber Ridge Motel'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 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Timber Ridge Motel's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Timber Ridge Motel 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, “Timber Ridge Motel, PWSID MI2013302, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/timber-ridge-motel-mi2013302 (data as of October 1, 2026).