PlainWater

Community Water System · PWS IL1115150

Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co.

Operator location Kankakee, Illinois - 0% of 418 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 855 served per SDWIS.

855
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
418
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
2
Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Follow published updates (RSS)

Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co. standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 418 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #21,685 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co. sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (418), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (855; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#21,685 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#970 of 1,310
Population · IL
418
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

F
Water Safety Score
32/100
Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co.

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations C-
2
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
416
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
296
County
McHenry
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
2
Monitoring Violations
409
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Trichloroethylene MR 29 2023
Carbon tetrachloride MR 25 1993
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 24 1993
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 24 1993
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 24 1993
Benzene MR 24 1993
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 24 1993
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 21 1993
Tetrachloroethylene MR 21 1993
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 20 1993
Toluene MR 20 1993
Xylenes, Total MR 20 1993
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 20 1993
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 20 1993
Styrene MR 20 1993
CHLOROBENZENE MR 20 1993
Ethylbenzene MR 20 1993
Coliform (TCR) MR 15 2002
Fluoride MR 8 2023
Lead and Copper Rule MR 5 2004
Vinyl chloride MR 4 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2013
Public Notice Other 2 2024
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 1998
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 1977

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co. has 418 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 418), and it ranks #21,685 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)

418 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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

Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co. 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

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co.-418, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co.

2 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL1115150.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

418 violations · 855 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Aqua Illinois-Crystal Clear Water Co.

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

  • See how every tracked system in Illinois compares on the same EPA violation measures. Illinois systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.