Is NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,500 people through 2,350 service connections.
NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS ranks 4,251th by violation burden (67th percentile) - 16 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the IN average
Among the 283 IN systems in this dataset, the average is 2.9 health-based violations - NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS's 4 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2011-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 1998-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS'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 NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS's record does not cover
NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS'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 NEW CHICAGO WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,251th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.