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Kaho Public Water District

Serves Lake Ka-Ho, Gillespie and East Gillespie, Macoupin County, IL · 785 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Kaho Public Water District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • IL1170030
  • MT. OLIVE
  • IL
  • 785 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 62069
EPA system ID IL1170030

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
3
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Kaho Public Water District buys its water from Litchfield.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 56 unknown out of 357 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Dec 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Nov 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Active

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Kaho Public Water District go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 6 4
2020s 3 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Atrazine, began July 1997, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1997 Resolved
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1997 Resolved
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1996 Resolved
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1996 Resolved
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1996 Resolved

What the violations mean

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

3 incidents

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

Kaho Public Water District buys its water from Litchfield. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Gillespie.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Kaho Public Water District 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

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