Is BLOOMINGDALE's water safe to drink?
BLOOMINGDALE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 22,018 people through 7,416 service connections.
BLOOMINGDALE's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BLOOMINGDALE ranks 3,109th by violation burden (76th percentile) - 19 violations total, 6 health-baseds.
How BLOOMINGDALE compares within IL
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - BLOOMINGDALE's 6 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BLOOMINGDALE is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1992-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BLOOMINGDALE'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Barium
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BLOOMINGDALE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for BLOOMINGDALE - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.