Is Prairie Path Water Company-Galena Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Jo Daviess

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	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-09-30

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
Copper	270 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 320 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	16.5 µg/L 110% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 160 µg/L	26/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	2.63 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	3.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.92 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	7.87 µg/L 9.8% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 11.5 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	163 µg/L 8.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 190 µg/L	19/19	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromochloromethane	1.81 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.17 µg/L	19/21	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	1121 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1130 µg/L	19/19	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	4.2785 pCi/L 86% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 4.44 pCi/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0110 mg/L 73% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2024
Arsenic	3.92 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 4.3 µg/L	5/19	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromoform	2.01 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/21	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/21	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	1/21	SYR4	2013–2019

94 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WINTER, STEVEN C.
Phone: 815-509-8308
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Prairie Path Water Company-Galena

Is Prairie Path Water Company-Galena tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Prairie Path Water Company-Galena'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 Prairie Path Water Company-Galena's water?

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

How many people does Prairie Path Water Company-Galena serve?

Prairie Path Water Company-Galena reports serving 2,294 people in Illinois, per its EPA record.

Has Prairie Path Water Company-Galena had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 57 violations on file for Prairie Path Water Company-Galena, of which 41 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.