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Water hardness in Portland

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Portland, Michigan.

Utility-reported hardness

Not yet available

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
2
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Portland

MI0005530 · Groundwater · 3,883 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.003 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

20% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.35 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

104% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2006 to Dec 31, 2008

Violation history (3)
Imported violation history for Portland
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedJul 2, 2025 to Dec 19, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Sep 16, 2022
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Jul 8, 2021

Blue Spruce Apartments

MI0000794 · Groundwater · 96 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
3.08 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

237% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2017 to Jun 30, 2017

Violation history (6)
Imported violation history for Blue Spruce Apartments
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedOct 11, 2025 to Nov 12, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Dec 29, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Dec 29, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Oct 27, 2022
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)ResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedOct 11, 2021 to Dec 28, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Portland has 1 published ZIP profile across Ionia County. The regional-evidence median is 435 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
22.4 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 1Low: 0

Observation window: Jul 6, 2016 to Oct 11, 2023.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Portland

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

48875

Very Hard

435 PPM

Nearest site
22.4 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Portland

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.