Community Water System · PWS IL0950100
Altona
Operator location Altona, Illinois - 43% of 46 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 483 served per SDWIS.
- 483
- People served (this PWS)
- 46
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 20
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Altona standing, mid SDWIS violation third
43% of 46 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 43% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected.
The verdict
Altona lands in the middle third by violation volume (46), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (483; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 43% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- 46
- Total EPA violations on record
- 43%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 483
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- 0
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 239
- County
- Knox
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 20
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | MCL | 13 | 1985 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2013 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2003 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2005 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1977 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Altona has 46 recorded EPA violations, 54% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 45% carry more. 43% of this system's own violations are health-based (20 of 46), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
46 Around the middle fewer violations than 45% 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 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeS | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/12/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/8/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/8/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/8/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 1/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 1/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 1/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 1/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 1/8/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 1/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 1/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 1/8/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 1/8/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 1/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 1/8/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 1/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 1/8/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Altona
20 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL0950100.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water
Nationwide peers
46 violations · 483 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.
What to do with Altona
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