Fairbury, IL Water Quality
What's in Fairbury's water?
Fairbury had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,633, over 1,749 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Fairbury ranks 9,034th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 3 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the IL average
Among the 572 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.1 health-based violations - Fairbury's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Fairbury's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
Fairbury'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 Revisions
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Fairbury's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Fairbury's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 3 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.