Is MOUNT CARMEL's water safe to drink?
MOUNT CARMEL had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 7,015 people get their water from it, across 3,500 connections.
How this compares nationally
64 total violations and 11 health-based ones put MOUNT CARMEL at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,716 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - MOUNT CARMEL's 11 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
MOUNT CARMEL's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
MOUNT CARMEL'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine; CARBON, TOTAL
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 MOUNT CARMEL's record does not cover
This is what MOUNT CARMEL 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 MOUNT CARMEL's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,716th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.