Public water system record
Highland
Serves Highland, Madison County, IL · 10,674 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Highland 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
- 1
Key facts
- Highland draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, March 2010.
- Record on file since 1977, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 4,755 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,755 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Highland go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (4 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 3 | 4 |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began January 2010, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 64 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 61 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2004 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Highland in 2010. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in March 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2010 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Highland draws water from 1 surface water intake. 4 other community water systems and 3 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Highland.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Country Hills Wtr, Inc. Highland, IL
- Grantfork Highland, IL
- Pierron Pierron, IL
- St Jacob St. Jacob, IL
Annual water quality report
Highland 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