Public water system record
Polo
Serves Polo, Ogle County, IL · 2,355 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Polo 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
- Polo draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Illinois, September 1985.
- Record on file since 1977, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,083 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Polo go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 9 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began July 2012, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators issued 1 boil water order to Polo in 1985, filed as 2 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a boil water order in September 1985.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1985 | Illinois | Boil water order | 2 violations |
Where the water comes from
Polo draws water from 3 wells.
Annual water quality report
Polo 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