Community Water System · PWS IL0570500
IL American-Farmington
Operator location Godfrey, Illinois - 41% of 283 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,448 served per SDWIS.
- 2,448
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 283
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 115
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
IL American-Farmington standing, high SDWIS violation third
41% of 283 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 41% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,119 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
IL American-Farmington sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (283), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,448 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 41% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,119 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #532 of 1,310
- Population · IL
- 283
- Total EPA violations on record
- 41%
- 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
- 1,200
- County
- Fulton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 114
- Monitoring Violations
- 127
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 70 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 28 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 24 | 2006 |
| Public Notice | Other | 20 | 2006 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 16 | 2005 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 14 | 2005 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 12 | 2004 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 12 | 2005 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 9 | 2002 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 7 | 1984 |
| Fluoride | MR | 6 | 2001 |
| Chlorine | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2003 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 1 | 1997 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
IL American-Farmington has 283 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 41% of this system's own violations are health-based (115 of 283), and it ranks #12,119 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)
283 Higher than most more violations than 90% 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-Farmington 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-Farmington
115 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL0570500.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water
Nationwide peers
283 violations · 2,448 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 IL American-Farmington
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