Public water system record
Sherrard
Serves Sherrard, Mercer County, IL · 785 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Sherrard 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
- 3
Key facts
- Sherrard draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, November 2004.
- Record on file since 1977, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 314 unknown out of 314 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Sherrard go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 15 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 12 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began April 2014, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2001 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Sherrard in 2004. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in November 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2004 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations: Nitrite, Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Sherrard draws water from 2 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Fyre Lake Water Company. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Sherrard.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Fyre Lake Water Company Sherrard, IL
Annual water quality report
Sherrard 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