What's in MELROSE PARK's water?
MELROSE PARK has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 24,206 people through 5,347 service connections.
MELROSE PARK's record against the rest of the country
38 total violations and 5 health-based ones put MELROSE PARK at the 73th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,477 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
MELROSE PARK's 5 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
MELROSE PARK's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
MELROSE PARK'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What MELROSE PARK's record does not cover
Everything on this page is MELROSE PARK's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for MELROSE PARK - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.