FOX RIVER GROVE: EPA violation history, explained
FOX RIVER GROVE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,702, over 1,642 connections.
FOX RIVER GROVE's record against the rest of the country
FOX RIVER GROVE has 19 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,978th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 85th percentile nationally.
Against the IL average
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; FOX RIVER GROVE carries 10, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FOX RIVER GROVE's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
FOX RIVER GROVE'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What FOX RIVER GROVE's record does not cover
FOX RIVER GROVE'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. This record - 10 health-based violations on file for FOX RIVER GROVE - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.