Tapcensus

Fluoride violations in Illinois

9 active public water systems in Illinois had a Fluoride violation in the past three years. What Fluoride is and why it matters.

Health effects: Above 2 mg/L: dental fluorosis (mottling/pitting of tooth enamel) in children under 8. Above 4 mg/L: skeletal fluorosis (joint pain, increased bone density) after decades of exposure.

Systems with a Fluoride violation

Unresolved first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Crest Hill
Crest Hill · Will County
20,223 10 2
Fox Lake
Fox Lake · Lake County
11,780 5 1
Crete
Crete · Will County
8,386 4 0
IL American-Bahl Water Company
Jo Daviess County
700 7 1
Apple River
Apple River · Jo Daviess County
347 3 0
Cabery
Cabery · Ford County
266 6 2
Sylvan Lake 1st Subdivision
Lake County
210 6 0
Cortland Corners MHP
DeKalb County
205 10 3
Emington
Emington · Livingston County
101 4 0
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Fluoride, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Fluoride alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Illinois records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.