Public water system record
Alsip
Serves Alsip, Cook County, IL · 19,063 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Alsip 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
- Alsip buys its water from Chicago.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, March 2000.
- Record on file since 1993, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,840 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, 2024 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Alsip go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began March 1996, Archived.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1993 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Alsip 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
Alsip buys its water from Chicago. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Blue Island. 2 other community water systems buy water from Alsip.
Buys water from
- Chicago Chicago, IL
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Blue Island Blue Island, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Crestwood Crestwood, IL
- Palos Heights Palos Heights, IL
Annual water quality report
Alsip 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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