Public water system record
Skokie
Serves Skokie, Cook County, IL · 66,422 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Skokie 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
- 6
Key facts
- Skokie buys its water from Evanston.
- Record on file since 1992, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 4,672 lead and 11,065 unknown out of 17,645 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 |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Apr 11, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Skokie go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 1992, Archived.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1992 | Archived |
Where the water comes from
Skokie buys its water from Evanston. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Lincolnwood, Niles and Morton Grove. 4 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Skokie. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Skokie.
Buys water from
- Evanston Evanston, IL
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Lincolnwood Lincolonwood, IL
- Niles Niles, IL
- Morton Grove Morton Grove, IL
Annual water quality report
Skokie 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