Public water system record
Saline Valley Conservancy District
Serves an area of Saline County, IL that includes Eldorado · 3,921 people served
Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Saline Valley Conservancy District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 2
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 0
- Archived by EPA
- 1
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 8
Key facts
- Saline Valley Conservancy District draws water from 9 wells.
- Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Arsenic, 11 µg/L, federal limit 10 µg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2023.
- Record on file since 2006, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,576 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
220 | Oct 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11 µg/L, federal limit 10 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
330 | Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved | No |
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, 2025 | Active |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 29, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2006
EPA's records for Saline Valley Conservancy District go back to 2006. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 2 | 5 |
What the violations mean
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
1 incidentDisinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit
Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk
Arsenic
1 incidentArsenic exceeded the federal limit
Long-term arsenic exposure is linked to cancer and cardiovascular effects
Where the water comes from
Saline Valley Conservancy District draws water from 9 wells. It also buys water from Mitchellsville PWD. 15 other community water systems buy water from Saline Valley Conservancy District.
Buys water from
- Mitchellsville PWD Harrisburg, IL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Burnside PWD New Burnside, IL
- Carrier Mills Carrier Mills, IL
- Cave-In-Rock Cave-In-Rock, IL
- Eldorado Eldorado, IL
- Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, IL
- Equality Equality, IL
- Gallatin-White Water District Norris City, IL
- Hardin County Water District NO.1 Cave in Rock, IL
- Harrisburg Harrisburg, IL
- IL American-Hardin County Godfrey, IL
- Mitchellsville PWD Harrisburg, IL
- Omaha Omaha, IL
- Ridgway Ridgway, IL
- Shawneetown Shawneetown, IL
- Stonefort Stonefort, IL
Annual water quality report
Saline Valley Conservancy District 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