Is HAINESVILLE's water safe to drink?
HAINESVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,528 people get their water from it, across 842 connections.
HAINESVILLE's record against the rest of the country
45 total violations and 3 health-based ones put HAINESVILLE at the 63th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,818 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
HAINESVILLE's 3 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
HAINESVILLE's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
HAINESVILLE'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 HAINESVILLE's record does not cover
HAINESVILLE'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 - 3 health-based violations on file for HAINESVILLE - 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.