Is SMG WATER COOP's water safe to drink?

SMG WATER COOP has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,110, over 1,244 connections.

SMG WATER COOP's record against the rest of the country

4 total violations and 1 health-based ones put SMG WATER COOP at the 31th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,897 of 12,903.

How SMG WATER COOP compares within IL

Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - SMG WATER COOP's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for SMG WATER COOP is from 2019-01-07 (health-based: 2019-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

SMG WATER COOP'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:

• Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

SMG WATER COOP'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 SMG WATER COOP - 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.