Community Water System · PWS IL1797050
IL American-Washington Estates
Operator location Godfrey, Illinois - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 121 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,278 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,278
- People served (this PWS)
- 121
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
IL American-Washington Estates standing, high SDWIS violation third
121 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,309 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
IL American-Washington Estates sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (121), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,278 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,309 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #764 of 1,310
- Population · IL
- 121
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 432
- County
- Tazewell
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 102
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Toluene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Styrene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Benzene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2003 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1977 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
IL American-Washington Estates has 121 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 121), and it ranks #17,309 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)
121 Higher than most more violations than 77% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for IL American-Washington Estates
121 violations on record for IL1797050; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water
Nationwide peers
121 violations · 1,278 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 IL American-Washington Estates
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