DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in LICK CREEK PWD's water?

LICK CREEK PWD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,365 people through 946 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

7 total violations and 5 health-based ones put LICK CREEK PWD at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,825 of 12,903.

Against the IL average

Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - LICK CREEK PWD's 5 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

LICK CREEK PWD's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.

The concern categories on record

LICK CREEK 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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What LICK CREEK PWD's record does not cover

This is what LICK CREEK PWD 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. Between the utility's meter and LICK CREEK PWD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,825th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.