Is Embarras Area Water District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GWP
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Coles

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-10-01 → 2013-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-10-01 → 2013-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-10-01 → 2013-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-10-01 → 2013-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-10-01 → 2013-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-10-01 → 2013-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	11.456 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.8 µg/L	68/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	75.045 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 92.2 µg/L	68/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.80585 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.042 µg/L	68/68	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	89.99 µg/L 112% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 107.7 µg/L	68/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	35.565 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 54.7 µg/L	68/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	16.685 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.7 µg/L	68/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	23.575 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 36.4 µg/L	66/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	250 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 290 µg/L	41/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0014 mg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2025
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.445 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	12/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	4.67 µg/L 31% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5 µg/L	12/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.068 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.32 µg/L	9/68	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.78 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/68	SYR4	2012–2019

31 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: LEE, BRUCE
Phone: 217-348-3344
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Embarras Area Water District

Is Embarras Area Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Embarras Area Water District's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Embarras Area Water District's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Embarras Area Water District serve?

Embarras Area Water District reports serving 3,750 people in Illinois, per its EPA record.

Has Embarras Area Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 32 violations on file for Embarras Area Water District, of which 24 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.