Is GILLESPIE's water safe to drink?
GILLESPIE has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 3,737 people through 1,703 service connections.
GILLESPIE's record against the rest of the country
GILLESPIE has 101 violations on record in total, 15 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,217th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 91th percentile nationally.
Against the IL average
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - GILLESPIE's 15 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
GILLESPIE's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2026-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
GILLESPIE'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What GILLESPIE's record does not cover
Everything on this page is GILLESPIE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and GILLESPIE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,217th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.