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Community Water System · PWS IL1055030

IL American-Pontiac

Operator location Godfrey, Illinois - 73% of 59 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 11,864 served per SDWIS.

11,864
People served (this PWS)
59
EPA violations (this PWS)
43
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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IL American-Pontiac standing, mid SDWIS violation third

73% of 59 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 73% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #4,148 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

IL American-Pontiac lands in the middle third by violation volume (59), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (11,864; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 73% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#4,148 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#203 of 1,310
Population · IL
59
Total EPA violations on record
73%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
4,460
County
Livingston
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
43
Monitoring Violations
9
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MCL 43 1992
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2016
Nitrate MR 1 1979
Chromium MR 1 1979
Arsenic MR 1 1979
Barium MR 1 1979
Fluoride MR 1 1979
Selenium MR 1 1979
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 1977
Cadmium MR 1 1979
Mercury MR 1 1979

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

IL American-Pontiac has 59 recorded EPA violations, 61% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 39% carry more. 73% of this system's own violations are health-based (43 of 59), and it ranks #4,148 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)

59 Around the middle fewer violations than 39% 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

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 1 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFDoA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/7/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/7/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/7/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/7/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/7/2024 3.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/7/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on IL American-Pontiac

43 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL1055030.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

59 violations · 11,864 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with IL American-Pontiac

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater