Is LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001)'s water safe to drink?
LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 25,783 people get their water from it, across 10,466 connections.
How this compares nationally
LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001) has 34 violations on record in total, 13 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,452th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 89th percentile nationally.
How LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001) compares within SC
Among the 198 SC systems in this dataset, the average is 3.8 health-based violations - LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001)'s 13 is above 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 LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001) is from 2004-01-09 (health-based: 2004-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001)'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001)'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 LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (SC2820001)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,452th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.