WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,516, over 1,406 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
25 total violations and 13 health-based ones put WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT at the 89th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,480 of 12,903.
Against the IL average
WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT's 13 health-based violations sit above the IL average of 5.0, across 560 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.
The concern categories on record
WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT 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. This record - 13 health-based violations on file for WESTERN WAYNE WATER DISTRICT - 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.