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Forest Park

Serves Forest Park, Cook County, IL · 14,340 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Forest Park in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • IL0310900
  • FOREST PARK
  • IL
  • 14,340 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 60130
EPA system ID IL0310900

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Forest Park buys its water from Chicago.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, May 2004.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 2,548 lead and 0 unknown out of 3,409 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Forest Park go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 0
2000s 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 1999, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1999 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1999 Archived

Enforcement actions

Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Forest Park in 2004. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in May 2004.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 12, 2004 Illinois Signed compliance agreement 2 violations: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Forest Park buys its water from Chicago. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to River Forest and Maywood. 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Forest Park. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Forest Park.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Forest Park 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.

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