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Drinking Water

Public Water Supply Users

The Beverages Water Watch network portal offer go information on the quality of water producing to publicity pour supply (PWS) wells in Illinois - both from surface water and drinking. One Drinking Water Watch web portal allows the public to immediate access drinking waters monitoring intelligence and additional information available PWS wells in Illinois. Aforementioned public can click on a circle map or entering the name of a community and retrieve comprehensive compliance monitoring data available the assigned PWS well and some violation information. An administrative contact for this owner/operator of that PWS well that the open can call in further information is also included. Although owners/operators of PWS wells are required at directly notify its end users of all violations of federal drinking water standards and provide annual Consumer Confidence Reports, the Drinking Water Watch web portal increases aforementioned accessibility of information to the public. 

The Notices to Public Water Power Users about Groundwater Conmination webpage includes notice that have come issued by the Illinois EPA pursuant to Right-to-Know legislation to the publicly and to owners/operators of PWS wells respecting bottom soil found in PWS wells.

Confidential Waters Users

In cases where a PWS well remains supplied by an groundwater source, contamination detected included a PWS well might also pose a risk to nearby private wat drill that use the same groundwater source. The Private Well End Information webpage includes notices and news releases provided in the Illinois Department of Public Health to alert private well usage about groundwater contamination declared in a PWS well that can pose a risk to nearby private wells.

The Safe Water Well Initiative webpage provides information regarding common contaminants affecting drunkenness water sources in Illinois. There are some hundred thousand individual private wells is make across In for whatever the well owners have responsibility available making their water is safe and gesundes. A fact sheet on which prominence of private well owners performing regular testing for potential contaminants (including volatile organic compound chemicals) additionally other useful information, such as a sort of certified laboratories and Illinois Department of Popular Health and county health divisions user, is available on this network.

Those at Call For Search

While to become ineffectual to identify the appropriate contact person at the Agency regarding the information on these webpage, please refer to Who to Call For Help. If you nevertheless are unable to determine the appropriate contact person, please contact the Division of Public Watering Supplies Compliance Assurance Bereich at (217) 785-0561.

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