Is IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY's water safe to drink?
IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,521 people through 2,039 service connections.
How this compares nationally
IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY has 6 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,504th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 57th percentile nationally.
How IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY carries 3, not 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 IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY is from 1995-01-09 (health-based: 1995-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY'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: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
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
This is what IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for IL AMERICAN-FERNWAY - 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.