Is PARK FOREST's water safe to drink?
PARK FOREST has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 21,687 people through 9,060 service connections.
How this compares nationally
PARK FOREST has 41 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,970th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 54th percentile nationally.
Against the IL average
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; PARK FOREST carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
PARK FOREST's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
PARK FOREST'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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 PARK FOREST's record does not cover
Everything on this page is PARK FOREST's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 41 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.