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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IL3113985

Riverdale School District #100

Operator location Port Byron, Illinois - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 356 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,340 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,340
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
356
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
12
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Riverdale School District #100 standing, high SDWIS violation third

356 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 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #16,918 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Riverdale School District #100 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (356), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,340 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#16,918 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#743 of 1,310
Population · IL
356
Total EPA violations on record
3%
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
14/100
Riverdale School District #100

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 F
12
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
344
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
5
County
Rock Island
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
311
Treatment Tech Violations
8

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 22 2025
Lead and Copper Rule MR 21 2024
Arsenic MR 18 2024
Coliform (TCR) MR 17 2007
Chlorine MR 17 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 14 2025
TTHM MR 12 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 12 2024
Nitrate MR 7 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 7 2023
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 6 2024
Xylenes, Total MR 6 2024
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 6 2024
Vinyl chloride MR 6 2024
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 6 2024
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 6 2024
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 6 2024
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 6 2024
Carbon tetrachloride MR 6 2024
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 6 2024
Tetrachloroethylene MR 6 2024
CHLOROBENZENE MR 6 2024
Toluene MR 6 2024
Ethylbenzene MR 6 2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 6 2024
Styrene MR 6 2024
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 6 2024
Benzene MR 6 2024
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 6 2024
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 6 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Riverdale School District #100 has 356 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 356), and it ranks #16,918 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)

356 Higher than most more violations than 93% 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

Riverdale School District #100 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%Riverdale School District #100-356, 3%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

SDWIS compliance record for Riverdale School District #100

356 violations on record for IL3113985; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

356 violations · 1,340 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 near this population served

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

4 peers

What to do with Riverdale School District #100

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

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