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Garden Home SD

Serves an area of Cook County, IL · 1,472 people served

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

  • IL0315620
  • GARDEN HOMES
  • IL
  • 1,472 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 60803
EPA system ID IL0315620

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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

  • Garden Home SD buys its water from Chicago.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, April 2010.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 372 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, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Garden Home SD go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 7
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began March 1992, Archived.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

Illinois regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Garden Home SD between 2000 and 2010. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in April 2010.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 28, 2010 Illinois Signed compliance agreement 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Mar 28, 2000 Illinois Signed compliance agreement 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

Where the water comes from

Garden Home SD buys its water from Chicago. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Garden Home SD 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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