Is BLOOMINGTON's water safe to drink?
BLOOMINGTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 77,610 people through 25,000 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
16 total violations and 10 health-based ones put BLOOMINGTON at the 85th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,992 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; BLOOMINGTON carries 10, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BLOOMINGTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1995-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
BLOOMINGTON'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BLOOMINGTON's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BLOOMINGTON's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 16 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.