Dawson, IL Water Quality
Is Dawson's water safe to drink?
Dawson's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 2,375 people get their water from it, across 820 connections.
Dawson's record against the rest of the country
77 total violations and 0 health-based ones put Dawson at the 27th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,468 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
IL's 572 covered systems average 5.1 health-based violations each; Dawson carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
Dawson's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What Dawson's record does not cover
This is what Dawson 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 Dawson's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,468th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.