Public water system record
Viola
Serves Viola, Mercer County, IL · 970 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Viola 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
- Viola draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, November 2009.
- Record on file since 1977, with 27 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 425 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Oct 12, 2025 | Resolved |
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Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Viola go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 27 health-based violations (24 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 140 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 3 | 0 |
| 1990s | 7 | 106 |
| 2000s | 17 | 28 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began October 2006, Resolved.
Show all 27 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 7 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 7 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2006 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 7 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2006 | Resolved |
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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2004 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2004 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2004 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2003 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2003 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2003 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2003 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2002 | Resolved |
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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2001 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 24, 2001 | Resolved |
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Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1999 | Archived |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1998 | Resolved |
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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 2, 1997 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 6, 1996 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 15, 1992 | Resolved |
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Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1991 | Archived |
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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1990 | Archived |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 15, 1986 | Resolved |
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Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 25, 1984 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators and EPA took 7 formal enforcement actions against Viola and issued 1 ban on new connections between 1992 and 2009. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in November 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2009 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Sep 6, 2006 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| May 13, 2005 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 11 violations: Combined Uranium, Public Notice |
| Nov 24, 2004 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 7 violations: Combined Uranium, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Consumer Confidence Rule, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Apr 1, 2004 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 14 violations (14 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| Dec 4, 2001 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 5 violations (5 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| May 19, 1994 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 19 violations (2 health-based): Styrene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
| Sep 17, 1992 | Illinois | Ban on new connections or service extensions | 1 violation (1 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
Where the water comes from
Viola draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Viola 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