What's in EJ WATER COOPERATIVE's water?
EJ WATER COOPERATIVE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 29,720, over 11,888 connections.
EJ WATER COOPERATIVE's record against the rest of the country
30 total violations and 2 health-based ones put EJ WATER COOPERATIVE at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,070 of 12,903.
How EJ WATER COOPERATIVE compares within IL
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - EJ WATER COOPERATIVE's 2 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EJ WATER COOPERATIVE is from 2027-05-01 (health-based: 2015-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EJ WATER COOPERATIVE'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: Coliform (TCR)
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 EJ WATER COOPERATIVE 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 30 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.