Is CLAY COUNTY WATER INC's water safe to drink?
CLAY COUNTY WATER INC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,015, over 806 connections.
CLAY COUNTY WATER INC's record against the rest of the country
CLAY COUNTY WATER INC has 5 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,581th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.
How CLAY COUNTY WATER INC compares within IL
CLAY COUNTY WATER INC's 4 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. 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 CLAY COUNTY WATER INC is from 2022-01-07 (health-based: 2004-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CLAY COUNTY WATER INC'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
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
This is what CLAY COUNTY WATER INC reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and CLAY COUNTY WATER INC's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,581th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.