Is HINCKLEY's water safe to drink?
HINCKLEY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,006, over 851 connections.
HINCKLEY's record against the rest of the country
69 total violations and 11 health-based ones put HINCKLEY at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,714 of 12,903.
How HINCKLEY compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; HINCKLEY carries 11, more than typical for the state. 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 HINCKLEY is from 2016-01-07 (health-based: 2016-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HINCKLEY'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is HINCKLEY'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 69 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.