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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Wheaton.
Public water-system records for Wheaton, IL from EPA SDWIS.
Wheaton
No active drinking-water issues detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
Purchased or imported water record · Serves 53,970 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
EPA UCMR5 — No PFAS detection records shown for these water systems
Open data source: EPA UCMR5DoD PFAS — No investigation records shown for this report
Open data source: DoD PFASWater Body Impairment (ATTAINS) city records are temporarily unavailable.
NPDES permits regulate pollutant discharges into U.S. waterways. Facilities must report compliance quarterly.
Violation records
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: source records as of 2026
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
DuPage County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 30-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 30 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
Air Quality Nonattainment Areas city records are temporarily unavailable.
City Hall — Naperville, Illinois
Annual mean: 8.1 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 9 μg/m³
Annual standard context: 35 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: 2024
Larsen Junior High — Elgin, Illinois
Annual mean: 0.044 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 1 exceedance day recorded in the reporting period
Reported: 2024
Mckinley School — Elgin, Illinois
Annual mean: 7.0 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 9 μg/m³
Annual standard context: 8 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: 2024
Data from EPA AQS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Core Pipe Products Aka Gerlin Inc.
Reported: 2024
Ozinga Ready-Mix Carol Stream Plant
Reported: 2024
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Oct 2026
Reviewed: source query run Oct 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No release reports shown in this group.
Reviewed: active/open records as of 2018
Data from EPA UST Finder
Reviewed: reporting year 2024
No MSHA mine or extraction site records shown for this report.
DuPage County, IL
Reported: Mar 2026
DuPage County is EPA Radon Zone 2 (moderate potential). EPA defines Zone 2 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels between 2 pCi/L and 4 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps flood risk. Properties in a Special Flood Hazard Area are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.
Minimal flood hazard — outside the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplains.
Risk Management Program records cover listed chemicals above EPA thresholds. Records may include historical registrations and do not confirm current operations or current chemical inventories.
Accident history is not established by these EPA ECHO facility records.
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
DuPage County, IllinoisPop. 920,901
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 4,585 | 7,549 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 10.8% | 14.4% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 10.8% | 12.6% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 30.3% | 34.3% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 11.0 | 8.8 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 8.1% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 81.6 | 78.0 | 77.6 |