RICHMOND: EPA violation history, explained
RICHMOND has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,089 people get their water from it, across 644 connections.
How this compares nationally
RICHMOND has 19 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,872th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 39th percentile nationally.
Against the IL average
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; RICHMOND carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
RICHMOND's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
RICHMOND'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 RICHMOND's record does not cover
RICHMOND'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for RICHMOND - 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.