Is Bellwood Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Cook

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-02-01 → 2013-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-02-01 → 2013-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-02-01 → 2013-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-02-01 → 2013-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2000-10-01 → 2000-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2000-10-01 → 2000-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1994-08-01 → 1996-04-16

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	15.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.1 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	31.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 35.7 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.246 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.5 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	13.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.6 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	54.12 µg/L 68% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 58.7 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	25.1 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 29.1 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	10.32 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.4 µg/L	73/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.7275 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.87 µg/L	50/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0091 mg/L 61% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	25/25	LCR	2025
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	21/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	27.38 µg/L 183% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 40.7 µg/L	13/90	SYR4	2012–2018
Copper	285.7 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 298 µg/L	7/90	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromoform	1.298 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.31 µg/L	3/73	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.05 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/73	SYR4	2012–2019

30 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: WALKER, MARTY
Phone: 708-547-3541
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bellwood

Is Bellwood tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Bellwood'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 Bellwood's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bellwood serve?

Bellwood reports serving 19,156 people in Illinois, per its EPA record.

Has Bellwood had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 51 violations on file for Bellwood, of which 30 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.