Public water system record
Sugar Grove
Serves Sugar Grove and Prestbury, Kane County, IL · 11,243 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Sugar Grove 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
- 4
Key facts
- Sugar Grove draws water from 7 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, February 2004.
- Record on file since 1977, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,350 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Sugar Grove go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 |
| 1990s | 1 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began October 2003, Resolved.
Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.1 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (2 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.1 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (2 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 7.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.6 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 7.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.6 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 7.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.6 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 21, 1988 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Sugar Grove between 2002 and 2004. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in February 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2004 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 6 violations (6 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Apr 2, 2002 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 3 violations (3 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
Where the water comes from
Sugar Grove draws water from 7 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Sugar Grove.
Annual water quality report
Sugar Grove 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