Public water system record
Bethalto
Serves Bethalto, Wood River, Rosewood Heights and 1 more place, Madison County, IL · 15,210 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Bethalto 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
- 2
Key facts
- Bethalto draws water from 7 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Illinois, January 2023.
- Record on file since 1977, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 4 lead and 28 unknown out of 6,320 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Bethalto go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Bethalto in 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2023 | Illinois | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Bethalto draws water from 7 wells. 2 other community water systems and 2 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Bethalto.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Meadowbrook PWD Bethalto, IL
- Moro PWD Moro, IL
Annual water quality report
Bethalto 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