What's in WHEATON's water?

WHEATON's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 53,970, over 16,714 connections.

WHEATON's record against the rest of the country

4 total violations and 0 health-based ones put WHEATON at the 12th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 11,303 of 12,903.

Against the IL average

WHEATON's 0 health-based violations sit within 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

WHEATON's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/27/2026.

What WHEATON's record does not cover

Everything on this page is WHEATON's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and WHEATON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,303th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.