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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IL3005298

Donovan Grade School

Operator location Donovan, Illinois - 0% of 617 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 231 served per SDWIS.

231
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
617
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
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Donovan Grade School standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 617 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%).

The verdict

Donovan Grade School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (617), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (231; 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.

617
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
231
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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

F
Water Safety Score
32/100
Donovan Grade School

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
615
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Public/Private
Connections
1
County
Iroquois
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
2
Monitoring Violations
614
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
BHC-GAMMA MR 18 2013
Methoxychlor MR 18 2013
Atrazine MR 18 2013
LASSO MR 18 2013
Heptachlor MR 18 2013
Heptachlor epoxide MR 18 2013
Chlordane MR 18 2013
Toxaphene MR 18 2013
Carbofuran MR 18 2013
2,4,5-TP MR 18 2013
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 18 2013
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 18 2013
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 18 2013
2,4-D MR 18 2013
Pentachlorophenol MR 18 2013
Xylenes, Total MR 12 2013
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 12 2013
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 12 2013
Vinyl chloride MR 12 2013
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2013
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2013
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 12 2013
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 12 2013
Carbon tetrachloride MR 12 2013
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 12 2013
Trichloroethylene MR 12 2013
CHLOROBENZENE MR 12 2013
Benzene MR 12 2013
Ethylbenzene MR 12 2013
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Donovan Grade School has 617 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 617), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

617 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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

Donovan Grade School 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 0200400600800 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%Donovan Grade School-617, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Donovan Grade School

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 IL3005298.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

617 violations · 231 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

What to do with Donovan Grade School

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
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