Is PEORIA HEIGHTS's water safe to drink?
PEORIA HEIGHTS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,908, over 2,816 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PEORIA HEIGHTS ranks 3,598th by violation burden (72th percentile) - 20 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How PEORIA HEIGHTS compares within IL
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - PEORIA HEIGHTS's 5 is at or below that. 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 PEORIA HEIGHTS is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2006-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PEORIA HEIGHTS'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
Everything on this page is PEORIA HEIGHTS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for PEORIA HEIGHTS - 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.