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Wigwam Bar

At a glance

Wigwam Bar (PWSID MI2045816) is an active transient non-community water system in Cheboygan 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 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2019.

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

PWSIDMI2045816

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—

CountyCheboygan County

How does Wigwam Bar compare with other water systems in Cheboygan County?

By EPA's size categories, Wigwam Bar is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Cheboygan County has 179 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 191 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 34,186 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 Wigwam 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 Wigwam Bar?

EPA lists Wigwam 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. 156 of the 179 active systems in Cheboygan County (87%) are also privately owned.

Does Wigwam Bar have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2019. The violations listed here began between July 2010 and April 2019. 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 7 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
2019-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	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
2017-04-01	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
2016-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2010-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

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.

Wigwam Bar: frequently asked questions

Who runs Wigwam Bar?

Wigwam Bar (PWSID MI2045816) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.

How many people does Wigwam Bar serve?

Wigwam Bar reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Cheboygan County, Michigan.

Where does Wigwam 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 Wigwam Bar 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 2019. 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 Wigwam 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 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2019. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Wigwam Bar's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Wigwam 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 Cheboygan County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Cheboygan, City of	Cheboygan	5,500	Community	Groundwater
Dnr Burt Lake State Park	Cheboygan	1,200	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Dnr-Aloha State Park	Cheboygan	1,200	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Mackinaw City, Village of	Cheboygan	897	Community	Groundwater
Mdot - Mackinaw Sts., P410	Cheboygan	768	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Mackinaw Mill Creek Well 27-29	Cheboygan	742	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, “Wigwam Bar, PWSID MI2045816, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/wigwam-bar-mi2045816 (data as of October 1, 2026).