Is GALESBURG's water safe to drink?
GALESBURG has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 31,620 people get their water from it, across 12,648 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
4 total violations and 1 health-based ones put GALESBURG at the 32th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,814 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
GALESBURG's 1 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
GALESBURG's most recent violation on record is dated 2014-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1992-07-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
GALESBURG'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
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What GALESBURG's record does not cover
Everything on this page is GALESBURG's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for GALESBURG - 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.