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Flossmoor

Serves Flossmoor, Cook County, IL · 9,371 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Flossmoor in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • IL0310870
  • FLOSSMOOR
  • IL
  • 9,371 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 60422
EPA system ID IL0310870

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Flossmoor buys its water from Homewood.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, December 2011.
  • Record on file since 1977, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 371 lead and 253 unknown out of 3,529 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 1977

EPA's records for Flossmoor go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 1
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2011, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Flossmoor in 2011. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in December 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 28, 2011 Illinois Signed compliance agreement 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Flossmoor buys its water from Homewood. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Flossmoor.

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Annual water quality report

Flossmoor 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.

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Testing your own water

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