Public water system record
Embarras Area Water District
Serves an area of Coles County, IL · 3,750 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Embarras Area Water District 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
- 1
Key facts
- Embarras Area Water District buys its water from IL American-Champaign.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, September 2005.
- Record on file since 2005, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,606 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 2005
EPA's records for Embarras Area Water District go back to 2005. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began October 2013, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2013 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Embarras Area Water District in 2005. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in September 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2005 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Embarras Area Water District buys its water from IL American-Champaign. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 4 other community water systems buy water from Embarras Area Water District.
Buys water from
- IL American-Champaign Godfrey, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Clear Water Service Corp Mattoon, IL
- Hindsboro Oakland, IL
- IL American-Broadlands Godfrey, IL
- Oakland Oakland, IL
Annual water quality report
Embarras Area Water District 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