DrinkingWaterCheck

GREENVILLE: EPA violation history, explained

GREENVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,310, over 2,674 connections.

GREENVILLE's record against the rest of the country

GREENVILLE has 27 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,533th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 73th percentile nationally.

How GREENVILLE compares within IL

GREENVILLE's 5 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for GREENVILLE is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2009-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

GREENVILLE'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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is GREENVILLE'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 27 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.