Public water system record
Albers
Serves Albers, Clinton County, IL · 1,231 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 12 monitoring/reporting issues for Albers in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 12
Key facts
- Albers buys its water from New Baden.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, March 2007.
- Record on file since 1977, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 501 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 12, 2025 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 12, 2025 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 12, 2025 | Active |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Albers go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (7 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 4 |
| 2000s | 6 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 10 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, began June 2014, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 62 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 64 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 63 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1998 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Albers between 2006 and 2007. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in March 2007.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2007 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 3 violations (3 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Sep 19, 2006 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Albers buys its water from New Baden. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Carlyle Southwest PWD. 1 other community water system and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Albers.
Buys water from
- New Baden New Baden, IL
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Carlyle Southwest PWD Centralia, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Damiansville Damiansville, IL
Annual water quality report
Albers 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