Environment
Walt Whitman Elem School — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Walt Whitman Elem School in Wheeling, Illinois.
Latest Air Quality Index
36
Good · monitor 9.0 km away
PM2.5 annual7.3 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr6
TRI sites within 1 mi10
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
36
AQI latest — Good
36
AQI 7-day avg
0
Days unhealthy in last 90
7.3
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
41.4
Ozone annual ppb
16.0
NO₂ annual ppb
Public Water System
WHEELING · PWS IL0314970
6
Health-based violations (10yr)
6
Acute violations (10yr)
39,725
Population served
1A (health-based) [ACUTE]
Most recent violation type
2019-06-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
10
TRI sites within 1 mile
72
TRI sites within 5 miles
15.4 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
WAUCONDA SAND GRAVEL
6.3 mi
Nearest brownfield
DESPLAINES RAND AND PINE ROAD PROPERTY
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).