Public water system record
Ford Heights
Serves an area of Cook County, IL · 1,813 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Ford Heights 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
- 10
Key facts
- Ford Heights buys its water from Chicago Heights.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Illinois, November 2007.
- Record on file since 1977, with 19 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 10 lead and 823 unknown out of 863 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 |
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Jul 2, 2025 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 13, 2013 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 13, 2013 | Active |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Ford Heights go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 19 health-based violations (6 resolved, 13 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 143 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 15 | 86 |
| 2000s | 4 | 47 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 9 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 2002, Archived.
Show all 19 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 2002 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 2002 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2001 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 2000 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1993 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Ford Heights in 2007. The most recent was an administrative penalty in November 2007.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2007 | Illinois | Administrative penalty | 5 violations: Total Coliform, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Chlorine, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Ford Heights buys its water from Chicago Heights. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Chicago Heights Chicago Heights, IL
Annual water quality report
Ford Heights 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