Is SOUTH JACKSONVILLE's water safe to drink?
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE 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: 3,501, over 1,606 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
58 total violations and 3 health-based ones put SOUTH JACKSONVILLE at the 63th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,778 of 12,903.
How SOUTH JACKSONVILLE compares within IL
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE'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
The last violation EPA has on record for SOUTH JACKSONVILLE is from 2027-07-08 (health-based: 2027-07-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is SOUTH JACKSONVILLE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for SOUTH JACKSONVILLE - 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.