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 560 covered systems average 5.0 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.