Is PETERSBURG's water safe to drink?
PETERSBURG has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,725, over 1,890 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PETERSBURG ranks 8,592th by violation burden (33th percentile) - 6 violations total, 1 health-based.
How PETERSBURG compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; PETERSBURG carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PETERSBURG is from 2011-01-09 (health-based: 2011-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PETERSBURG'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
PETERSBURG'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 PETERSBURG's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,592th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.