Community Water System · PWS IL1610100
Carbon Cliff
Operator location Carbon Cliff, Illinois - 45% of 132 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,134 served per SDWIS.
- 2,134
- People served (this PWS)
- 132
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 59
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Carbon Cliff standing, high SDWIS violation third
45% of 132 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 45% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #13,068 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Carbon Cliff sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (132), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,134 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 45% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,068 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #572 of 1,310
- Population · IL
- 132
- Total EPA violations on record
- 45%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
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
- 644
- County
- Rock Island
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 59
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 48 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 14 | 2021 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 12 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 11 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2009 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2023 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1977 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Carbon Cliff has 132 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 45% of this system's own violations are health-based (59 of 132), and it ranks #13,068 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)
132 Higher than most more violations than 79% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Carbon Cliff
59 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL1610100.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water
Nationwide peers
132 violations · 2,134 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 Carbon Cliff
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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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.