Public water system record
Louisville
Serves Louisville, Clay County, IL · 1,201 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Louisville in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Louisville buys its water from Ej Water Cooperative.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, March 2000.
- Record on file since 1977, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 626 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Louisville go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 15 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began February 2016, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Louisville in 2000. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in March 2000.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2000 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Louisville buys its water from Ej Water Cooperative. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Clay County Water Inc and North East Marion County Water Cmpny. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Louisville.
Buys water from
- Ej Water Cooperative Dieterich, IL
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Clay County Water Inc Flora, IL
- North East Marion County Water Cmpny Salem, IL
Annual water quality report
Louisville 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Illinois.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells