Public water system record
Aurora
Serves Aurora, Kane County and DuPage County, IL · 183,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Aurora 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
- 0
Key facts
- Aurora draws water from 20 wells and 1 surface water intake (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, June 2004.
- Record on file since 1977, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 16,463 lead and 913 unknown out of 49,624 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Aurora go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began February 2004, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 4, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 25, 1984 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Aurora in 2004. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in June 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2004 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Aurora draws water from 20 wells and 1 surface water intake (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 8 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Aurora.
Annual water quality report
Aurora 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