Is MURDALE PWD's water safe to drink?
MURDALE PWD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,963 people through 1,985 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MURDALE PWD ranks 9,145th by violation burden (29th percentile) - 2 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the IL average
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - MURDALE PWD's 1 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
MURDALE PWD's most recent violation on record is dated 2010-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
MURDALE PWD'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What MURDALE PWD's record does not cover
Everything on this page is MURDALE PWD's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and MURDALE PWD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,145th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.