RED BUD: EPA violation history, explained
RED BUD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,804 people through 1,825 service connections.
RED BUD's record against the rest of the country
21 total violations and 3 health-based ones put RED BUD at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,025 of 12,903.
How RED BUD compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; RED BUD carries 3, 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 RED BUD is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2023-04-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RED BUD'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
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
RED BUD'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 - 3 health-based violations on file for RED BUD - 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.