Is Golf 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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2000-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2000-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2000-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-06-01 → 2000-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-06-01 → 2000-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-01-01 → 2000-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-01-01 → 2000-01-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1999-10-19
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1999-10-19
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1999-10-19

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
Lead	0.0093 mg/L 62% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2025
Bromodichloromethane	12.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.4 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	24.83 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 25.6 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.0915 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.48 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	8.57 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.2 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	42.09 µg/L 53% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 43 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	17.69 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 17.9 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	8.955 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.9 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	262.4 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 266 µg/L	7/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	25.235 µg/L 168% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 31 µg/L	6/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019

3 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: DER AVEDISIAN, BOB
Phone: 847-998-8852
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Golf

Is Golf tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 11 contaminants in Golf'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 Golf's water?

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

How many people does Golf serve?

Golf reports serving 497 people in Illinois, per its EPA record.

Has Golf had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 69 violations on file for Golf, of which 0 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.