Community Water System · PWS IL0311860
Melrose Park
Operator location Melrose Park, Illinois - larger served population (> 3,309) at 24,206 people served; 132 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 24,206
- People served (this PWS)
- 132
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Melrose Park standing, high SDWIS violation third
24,206 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #2,308 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Melrose Park sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (132), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (24,206; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #2,308 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #97 of 1,310
- Population · IL
- 132
- Total EPA violations on record
- 10%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 5,347
- County
- Cook
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 72
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 63 | 1996 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2012 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 9 | 1999 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Melrose Park has 132 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 132), and it ranks #2,308 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
132 Higher than most more violations than 79% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTA | 9/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/6/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/6/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/6/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/6/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 3/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 3/6/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 3/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 3/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 3/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 3/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 3/6/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 3/6/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 3/6/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Melrose Park
EPA SDWIS lists 24,206 people served and 5,347 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water
Nationwide peers
132 violations · 24,206 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Melrose Park
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