LAKE BLUFF: EPA violation history, explained
LAKE BLUFF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,600, over 2,083 connections.
LAKE BLUFF's record against the rest of the country
16 total violations and 3 health-based ones put LAKE BLUFF at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,104 of 12,903.
How LAKE BLUFF compares within IL
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - LAKE BLUFF's 3 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LAKE BLUFF is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 1995-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKE BLUFF'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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is LAKE BLUFF'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 16 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.