Is PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY's water safe to drink?
PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,750, over 1,900 connections.
PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY's record against the rest of the country
PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY has 12 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,210th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 60th percentile nationally.
How PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY compares within IL
PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY's 3 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY is from 2019-01-07 (health-based: 1992-07-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY'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 this data is and is not
This is what PRAIRIE PATH WATER COMPANY-LAKE HOLIDAY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.