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Sorento

Serves Sorento, Bond County, IL · 429 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Sorento in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • IL0050300
  • AVISTON
  • IL
  • 429 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 62216
EPA system ID IL0050300

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
0
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
10

Key facts

  • Sorento buys its water from Three County PWD.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, April 2006.
  • Record on file since 1977, with 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 285 unknown out of 285 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 22, 2025 Active
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2018 Resolved
Chloramine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1977

EPA's records for Sorento go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (3 resolved, 7 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 26 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1990s 10 16
2000s 0 9
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 1 8

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began November 1999, Archived.

Show all 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1999 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1999 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1999 Archived
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1995 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1993 Archived
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1993 Resolved
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Sorento in 2006. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in April 2006.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 6, 2006 Illinois Signed compliance agreement 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Sorento buys its water from Three County PWD. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Sorento.

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Annual water quality report

Sorento must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Sorento for a copy.

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