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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IL3150102

Forming America Ltd

Operator location West Chicago, Illinois - 0% of 2,507 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 40 served per SDWIS.

40
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
2,507
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
4
Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Forming America Ltd standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 2,507 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

Forming America Ltd sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (2,507), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (40; 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.

2,507
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
40
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
27/100
Forming America Ltd

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 D
4
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
2,503
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
Private
Connections
1
County
DuPage
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
2,485
Treatment Tech Violations
4

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 70 2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 70 2024
Vinyl chloride MR 70 2024
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 70 2024
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 70 2024
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 70 2024
Tetrachloroethylene MR 70 2024
Benzene MR 70 2024
Xylenes, Total MR 70 2024
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 70 2024
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 70 2024
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 70 2024
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 70 2024
Trichloroethylene MR 70 2024
Ethylbenzene MR 70 2024
Styrene MR 70 2024
CHLOROBENZENE MR 70 2024
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 70 2024
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 70 2024
Carbon tetrachloride MR 70 2024
Toluene MR 70 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 60 2021
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 37 2020
Chlordane MR 37 2020
BHC-GAMMA MR 37 2020
Methoxychlor MR 37 2020
Heptachlor MR 37 2020
Toxaphene MR 37 2020
Heptachlor epoxide MR 37 2020
Carbofuran MR 33 2009

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Forming America Ltd has 2,507 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 2,507), 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)

2,507 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ 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

Forming America Ltd 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 01,0002,0003,000 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%Forming America Ltd-2507, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Forming America Ltd

4 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IL3150102.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

2,507 violations · 40 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 Forming America Ltd

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