What's in BURNHAM's water?
BURNHAM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,989, over 1,155 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
27 total violations and 3 health-based ones put BURNHAM at the 62th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,965 of 12,903.
How BURNHAM compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; BURNHAM carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BURNHAM is from 2027-03-01 (health-based: 2012-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BURNHAM'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)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
BURNHAM's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and BURNHAM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,965th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.