What's in SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD's water?
SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 4,972, over 1,989 connections.
SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD's record against the rest of the country
9 total violations and 6 health-based ones put SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD at the 75th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,277 of 12,903.
How SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD compares within IL
Among the 560 IL systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD's 6 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD is from 2025-01-12 (health-based: 2025-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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 this data is and is not
SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD'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. Between the utility's meter and SOUTH HIGHWAY PWD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,277th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.