Public water system record
Christopher
Serves Christopher, Franklin County, IL · 3,072 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Christopher 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
- 11
Key facts
- Christopher buys its water from Rend Lake Inter-City Water System.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, January 2005.
- Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chloramine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Aug 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chloramine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Christopher go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 6 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 7 |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Christopher in 2005. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in January 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2005 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Christopher buys its water from Rend Lake Inter-City Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Christopher.
Buys water from
- Rend Lake Inter-City Water System Benton, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- North City Coello, IL
Annual water quality report
Christopher 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.
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