WEST FRANKFORT: EPA violation history, explained
WEST FRANKFORT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,650 people through 4,200 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WEST FRANKFORT ranks 3,200th by violation burden (75th percentile) - 13 violations total, 6 health-baseds.
How WEST FRANKFORT compares within IL
IL's 560 covered systems average 5.0 health-based violations each; WEST FRANKFORT carries 6, more than typical for the state. 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 WEST FRANKFORT is from 2022-06-12 (health-based: 2003-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST FRANKFORT'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)
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
This is what WEST FRANKFORT 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 WEST FRANKFORT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,200th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.