COAL VALLEY: EPA violation history, explained
COAL VALLEY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,873 people through 1,247 service connections.
COAL VALLEY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COAL VALLEY ranks 6,667th by violation burden (48th percentile) - 8 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How COAL VALLEY compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; COAL VALLEY carries 2, 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 COAL VALLEY is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2016-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COAL VALLEY'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
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrite
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
COAL VALLEY'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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for COAL VALLEY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.