Public water system record
Harvey
Serves Harvey, Cook County, IL · 25,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Harvey 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
- 5
Key facts
- Harvey buys its water from Chicago.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, October 2000.
- Record on file since 2000, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 7,938 unknown out of 8,199 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Jul 2, 2025 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2000
EPA's records for Harvey go back to 2000. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2003, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2003 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Harvey in 2000. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in October 2000.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2000 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Harvey buys its water from Chicago. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 3 other community water systems buy water from Harvey. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Harvey.
Buys water from
- Chicago Chicago, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Dixmoor Dixmoor, IL
- Hazel Crest Hazel Crest, IL
- Posen Posen, IL
Annual water quality report
Harvey 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