ELBURN: EPA violation history, explained
ELBURN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,559, over 2,614 connections.
ELBURN's record against the rest of the country
ELBURN has 37 violations on record in total, 29 of thems health-based - ranking it 604th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 95th percentile nationally.
Against the IL average
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; ELBURN carries 29, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
ELBURN's most recent violation on record is dated 2007-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
ELBURN'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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Barium
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ELBURN's record does not cover
ELBURN'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 37 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.