What's in HOMETOWN's water?
HOMETOWN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,240, over 1,796 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HOMETOWN ranks 6,664th by violation burden (48th percentile) - 8 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How HOMETOWN compares within IL
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - HOMETOWN's 2 is at or below that. 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 HOMETOWN is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1993-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HOMETOWN'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)
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 HOMETOWN'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 HOMETOWN's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,664th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.