What's in OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT's water?
OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,342, over 1,374 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT ranks 7,524th by violation burden (42th percentile) - 41 violations total, 1 health-based.
How OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT compares within IL
OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT's 1 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 1992-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT'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
OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT'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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for OTTER CREEK LAKE UTILITIES DISTRICT - 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.