Community Water System · PWS IL0375148
Suburban Apartments (de Kalb Univ Dvl)
Operator location Oak Brook, Illinois - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 109 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,050 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,050
- People served (this PWS)
- 109
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Suburban Apartments (de Kalb Univ Dvl) standing, high SDWIS violation third
109 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,975 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Suburban Apartments (de Kalb Univ Dvl) sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (109), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,050 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,975 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #849 of 1,310
- Population · IL
- 109
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 26
- County
- DeKalb
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 67
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 22 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 22 | 2023 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 12 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 1995 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1998 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Suburban Apartments (de Kalb Univ Dvl) has 109 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 25% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 109), and it ranks #18,975 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)
109 Around the middle fewer violations than 25% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Suburban Apartments (de Kalb Univ Dvl)
109 violations on record for IL0375148; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water
Nationwide peers
109 violations · 1,050 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Suburban Apartments
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