Is HOMEWOOD's water safe to drink?
HOMEWOOD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 19,463, over 6,801 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
8 total violations and 2 health-based ones put HOMEWOOD at the 49th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,638 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - HOMEWOOD's 2 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
HOMEWOOD's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1993-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
HOMEWOOD'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 HOMEWOOD's record does not cover
HOMEWOOD'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 8 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.