DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in ROLLING MEADOWS's water?

ROLLING MEADOWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 23,329 people get their water from it, across 6,605 connections.

How this compares nationally

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ROLLING MEADOWS ranks 5,269th by violation burden (59th percentile) - 10 violations total, 3 health-baseds.

Against the IL average

ROLLING MEADOWS's 3 health-based violations sit within the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

ROLLING MEADOWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1985-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.

The concern categories on record

ROLLING MEADOWS'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:

The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What ROLLING MEADOWS's record does not cover

This is what ROLLING MEADOWS 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. Between the utility's meter and ROLLING MEADOWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,269th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.