Is Tremont Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Tazewell

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	2007-08-01 → 2007-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-08-01 → 2007-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-08-01 → 2007-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-08-01 → 2007-08-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2018-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2018-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1977-06-30 → 1981-06-29

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	1500 µg/L 115% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1900 µg/L	135/135	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	21 µg/L 140% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 150 µg/L	81/135	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0025 mg/L 17% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	25/25	LCR	2025
Chloroform	19.144 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.56 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	60 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	8/16	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	20.6485 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 24.39 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	19.787 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 23 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	11.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.6 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	8.865 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.4 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.68475 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.828 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	3.4 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	119.5 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 120 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Fluoride	962 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 978 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	58 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 60 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.6230 pCi/L 12% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015

35 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneEthylbenzeneMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SMITH, SHERENA
Phone: 309-925-5711

Frequently asked questions about Tremont

Is Tremont tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Tremont'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 Tremont's water?

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

How many people does Tremont serve?

Tremont reports serving 2,114 people in Illinois, per its EPA record.

Has Tremont had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 9 violations on file for Tremont, of which 4 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.