Carmi, IL Water Quality
Is Carmi's water safe to drink?
Carmi's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 6,307 people through 3,399 service connections.
How this compares nationally
4 total violations and 0 health-based ones put Carmi at the 12th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 11,407 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
IL's 572 covered systems average 5.1 health-based violations each; Carmi carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Carmi's most recent violation on record is dated 2017-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What Carmi's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Carmi'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 Carmi's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,407th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.