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Mich. Comp. Laws § 325.1003 (2026)

Power and control over public water supplies and suppliers of water; inspection of waterworks system.

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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT


Act 399 of 1976


325.1003 Power and control over public water supplies and suppliers of water; inspection of waterworks system.

Sec. 3.

    Subject to limitations contained in this act, the department shall have power and control over public water supplies and suppliers of water. The director may enter upon the waterworks system of a supplier of water at reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting the system and carrying out this act and rules promulgated under this act.

History: 1976, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1977

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2019–2025 · leading case: Shari Guertin v. State of Mich., 912 F.3d 907 (6th Cir. 2019).
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Shari Guertin v. State of Mich., 912 F.3d 907 (6th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “It underwhelmingly strings this argument together: Because Michigan’s Safe Drinking Water Act provides the MDEQ with “power and control over public water supplies and suppliers of water” and criminalizes the failure to comply with MDEQ rules, see Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 325.1003 ,…”
MacKinaw Area Tourist Bureau Inc v. Vill. of MacKinaw City (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “1002 6 MCL 325.1003. 7 A rate study was conducted as part of the asset management plan, which is referenced later in this opinion.”
Takarie Nappier v. Governor (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “Plaintiffs have alleged in their complaint that each defendant in this case played a critical role in the City of Flint distributing lead-poisoned water to its residents in the first place, and then allowed the City of Flint to continue to do so by failing to properly inspect,…”
Nestle Waters North Am. Inc v. Osceola Twp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “” MCL 325.1003. The MSDWA separately addresses the production of bottled drinking water, and it states that it “shall not be construed as affecting, intending to affect, or in any way altering or interfering with common law water rights or the applicability of other laws…”
Daretha Braziel v. City of Benton Harbor Water Dep't (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “1002(g); MCL 325.1003. EGLE sets standards for the monitoring, treatment, and prevention of lead contamination in drinking water in the Lead and Copper Rule, Mich Admin Code, R 325.”
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