Public water system record
Downs
Serves Downs, McLean County, IL · 1,201 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Downs 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
- 8
Key facts
- Downs draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, October 2008.
- Record on file since 1977, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 2 lead and 0 unknown out of 483 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Nov 10, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Downs go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (2 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 37 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 2 | 6 |
| 2000s | 2 | 22 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0 | 8 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began August 2009, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 22, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 24, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1993 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Downs between 2006 and 2008. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in October 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2008 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 6 violations: Xylenes, Total, Consumer Confidence Rule, Public Notice |
| Aug 17, 2007 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Oct 25, 2006 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jun 6, 2006 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 5 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Downs draws water from 3 wells.
Annual water quality report
Downs 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