Community Water System · PWS IL0410350
IL American-Villa Grove
Operator location Godfrey, Illinois - 31% of 35 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,467 served per SDWIS.
- 2,467
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 35
- EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 11
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
IL American-Villa Grove standing, mid SDWIS violation third
31% of 35 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 31% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,074 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
IL American-Villa Grove lands in the middle third by violation volume (35), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,467 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 31% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,074 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #528 of 1,310
- Population · IL
- 35
- Total EPA violations on record
- 31%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,113
- County
- Douglas
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 10
- Monitoring Violations
- 16
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 12 | 2021 |
| TTHM | MCL | 6 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 1999 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 1 | 1994 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1977 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
IL American-Villa Grove has 35 recorded EPA violations, 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 53% carry more. 31% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 35), and it ranks #12,074 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)
35 Lower than most fewer violations than 53% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
IL American-Villa Grove plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Health-based violations on IL American-Villa Grove
11 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL0410350.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water
Nationwide peers
35 violations · 2,467 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 IL American-Villa Grove
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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