Is LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS's water safe to drink?
LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,850 people through 3,137 service connections.
LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS's record against the rest of the country
LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS has 8 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,655th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.
How LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS compares within IL
LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS's 2 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. 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 LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS is from 2014-01-10 (health-based: 2014-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS'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)
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
LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP PWS'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.