MORTON: EPA violation history, explained
MORTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 17,111 people through 6,055 service connections.
MORTON's record against the rest of the country
MORTON has 15 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,004th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
How MORTON compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; MORTON carries 10, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MORTON is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2015-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MORTON'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
MORTON'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 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.