BARRINGTON: EPA violation history, explained
BARRINGTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 10,327, over 4,613 connections.
BARRINGTON's record against the rest of the country
4 total violations and 1 health-based ones put BARRINGTON at the 31th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,843 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; BARRINGTON carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BARRINGTON's most recent violation on record is dated 1998-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 1995-03-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
BARRINGTON's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BARRINGTON's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BARRINGTON's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BARRINGTON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,843th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.