Public water system record
Raccoon Water Company
Serves an area of Marion County, IL · 7,080 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Raccoon Water Company 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
- 4
Key facts
- Raccoon Water Company buys its water from Centralia and Gateway Regional Water Company.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, September 2007.
- Record on file since 1995, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,831 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
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for Raccoon Water Company go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2007, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 83 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2007 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Raccoon Water Company in 2007. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in September 2007.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2007 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
Raccoon Water Company buys its water from Centralia and Gateway Regional Water Company. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Salem and Walnut Hill. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Raccoon Water Company.
Buys water from
- Centralia Centralia, IL
- Gateway Regional Water Company Sandoval, IL
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Salem Salem, IL
- Walnut Hill Centralia, IL
Annual water quality report
Raccoon Water Company 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