Is LAKE OF EGYPT PWD's water safe to drink?
LAKE OF EGYPT PWD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 11,368 people get their water from it, across 4,547 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
46 total violations and 18 health-based ones put LAKE OF EGYPT PWD at the 92th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,003 of 12,903.
How LAKE OF EGYPT PWD compares within IL
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - LAKE OF EGYPT PWD's 18 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LAKE OF EGYPT PWD is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2024-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKE OF EGYPT PWD'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
LAKE OF EGYPT PWD'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. Between the utility's meter and LAKE OF EGYPT PWD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,003th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.