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Community Water System · PWS IL1130200

Bloomington

Operator location Bloomington, Illinois - 80% of 61 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 77,610 served per SDWIS.

77,610
People served (this PWS)
61
EPA violations (this PWS)
49
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Bloomington standing, mid SDWIS violation third

80% of 61 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 80% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #671 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Bloomington lands in the middle third by violation volume (61), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (77,610; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 80% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#671 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#14 of 1,310
Population · IL
61
Total EPA violations on record
80%
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
Local
Connections
25,000
County
McLean
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
47
Monitoring Violations
4
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MCL 45 1992
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 1995
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 1995
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2024
Lead and Copper Rule TT 2 1992
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 2 2025
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 1992
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 1977

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Bloomington has 61 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 80% of this system's own violations are health-based (49 of 61), and it ranks #671 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)

61 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% 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
PFOS 8/4/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/4/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/4/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/4/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/4/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/4/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/4/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/4/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/4/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/4/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/4/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/4/2023 5.20 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
HFPO-DA 8/4/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/4/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/4/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/4/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/4/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/4/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/19/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/19/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/19/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/19/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/19/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/19/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/19/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Bloomington

49 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL1130200.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

61 violations · 77,610 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with Bloomington

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
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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