Public water system record
Highland Park
Serves Highland Park, Lake County, IL · 30,176 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Highland Park 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
- Highland Park draws water from 3 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, July 2005.
- Record on file since 1977, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 1,754 lead and 0 unknown out of 10,455 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 Highland Park go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began April 2005, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Highland Park in 2005. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in July 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2005 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
Where the water comes from
Highland Park draws water from 3 surface water intakes. It also has emergency connections to Glencoe, Lake Forest, Northbrook and Highwood. 4 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Highland Park. 4 other public water systems have emergency connections to Highland Park.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Glencoe Glencoe, IL
- Lake Forest Lake Forest, IL
- Northbrook Northbrook, IL
- Highwood Highwood, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Bannockburn Bannockburn, IL
- Deerfield Deerfield, IL
- Glenbrook SD Techny, IL
- Lincolnshire Lincolnshire, IL
Annual water quality report
Highland Park 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