Public water system record
Melrose Park
Serves Melrose Park, Cook County, IL · 24,206 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Melrose Park 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
- Melrose Park buys its water from Chicago.
- Record on file since 1992, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 741 lead and 2,509 unknown out of 5,056 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, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Melrose Park go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (2 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 31 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | 28 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2012, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 23, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1992 | Archived |
Where the water comes from
Melrose Park buys its water from Chicago. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 6 other community water systems and 2 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Melrose Park.
Buys water from
- Chicago Chicago, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Bellwood Bellwood, IL
- Hillside Berkeley Water Commission Bellwood, IL
- Leyden TWSP Water District Franklin Park, IL
- Maywood Maywood, IL
- Northlake North Lake, IL
- Stone Park West Chicago, IL
Annual water quality report
Melrose 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.
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