Public water system · MI2016162
ActiveWrights Last Chance
At a glance
Wrights Last Chance (PWSID MI2016162) is an active transient non-community water system in Newaygo County, Michigan. It reports serving 40 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 March 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
40
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Wrights Last Chance compare with other water systems in Newaygo County?
By EPA's size categories, Wrights Last Chance is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Newaygo County has 137 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 218 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 29,811 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 Wrights Last Chance 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 Wrights Last Chance?
EPA lists Wrights Last Chance 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. 125 of the 137 active systems in Newaygo County (91%) are also privately owned.
Does Wrights Last Chance have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2024 and March 2025. By type: 12 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (12 of them). EPA lists 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-02-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2024-12-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-11-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-09-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-08-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-06-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-05-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-02-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-01-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | 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.
Wrights Last Chance: frequently asked questions
Who runs Wrights Last Chance?
Wrights Last Chance (PWSID MI2016162) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.
How many people does Wrights Last Chance serve?
Wrights Last Chance reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in Newaygo County, Michigan.
Where does Wrights Last Chance 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 Wrights Last Chance 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 March 2025. 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 Wrights Last Chance'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 March 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Wrights Last Chance's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Wrights Last Chance 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 Newaygo County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont | Newaygo | 4,516 | Community | Groundwater |
| Newaygo | Newaygo | 2,571 | Community | Groundwater |
| Wesco Station #14 | Newaygo | 1,600 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| White Cloud | Newaygo | 1,408 | Community | Groundwater |
| Hilltop Express | Newaygo | 1,000 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Hesperia | Newaygo | 954 | 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, “Wrights Last Chance, PWSID MI2016162, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/wrights-last-chance-mi2016162 (data as of October 1, 2026).