Is SALEM's water safe to drink?

SALEM's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 7,905, over 3,595 connections.

SALEM's record against the rest of the country

15 total violations and 0 health-based ones put SALEM at the 21th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 10,172 of 12,903.

Against the IL average

Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - SALEM's 0 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

SALEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-06-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.

What SALEM's record does not cover

Everything on this page is SALEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and SALEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 10,172th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.