Is Carbondale Tap Water Safe to Drink?

The estimated price of bottled water

$1.75 in USD (1.5-liter)

Can You Drink Tap Water in Carbondale?

Currently, there is no available public data about water quality in Carbondale. But the average water quality in Illinois is 61%.

There was no general information available in WHO data about safely managed drinking water in Illinois. You may check the rate of travelers and residents of Carbondale water quality.

What Do People In Illinois Think About The Tap Water?

Travelers and residents of Illinois have rated the water quality and pollution as follows, according to subjective survey data. A score of 100% is considered very high, and a score of 0% is very low. Please be cautious that "moderate to very high" water pollution is bad and the higher the rate of water quality the better.

Tap water ratings

Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 28% Low
Water Pollution 39% Low
Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 72% High
Water Quality 61% High

Contaminants

Carbondale

EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.

Utility details

Serves: 25597
Data available: 2012-2017
Data Source: Surface water
Total: 19

Contaminants That Exceed Guidelines

Arsenic
Bromodichloromethane
Chloroform
Dichloroacetic acid
Nitrate
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trichloroacetic acid

Other Detected Contaminants

Barium
Chlorate
Chromium (hexavalent)
Dibromochloromethane
Fluoride
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Manganese
Monobromoacetic acid
Monochloroacetic acid
Nitrate and nitrite
Strontium
Vanadium

Reminder

Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.

Sources and Resources

Resources

https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=IL0770150