Public water system record
New Boston
Serves New Boston, Mercer County, IL · 613 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for New Boston in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 3
Key facts
- New Boston draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, March 1992.
- Record on file since 1977, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 288 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for New Boston go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (2 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 |
| 1990s | 4 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began January 1995, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1990 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1987 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 10, 1984 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against New Boston in 1992. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in March 1992.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1992 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
New Boston draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
New Boston 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