Is CANTON's water safe to drink?
CANTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 16,748, over 6,699 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CANTON ranks 2,681th by violation burden (79th percentile) - 29 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How CANTON compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; CANTON carries 7, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CANTON is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 1996-06-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CANTON'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 CANTON'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 CANTON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,681th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.