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Mount Carmel

Serves Mount Carmel, Wabash County, IL · 7,015 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Mount Carmel in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved CARBON, TOTAL violation.

  • IL1850200
  • MT CARMEL
  • IL
  • 7,015 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater under direct influence
ZIP 62863
EPA system ID IL1850200

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
9

Key facts

  • Mount Carmel draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, July 2007.
  • Record on file since 1977, with 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 2 lead and 3,631 unknown out of 3,809 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 1, 2025 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Carbofuran
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
OXAMYL
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1977

EPA's records for Mount Carmel go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (2 resolved, 8 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 41 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 9
1990s 9 6
2000s 0 25
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 8

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2013, Resolved.

Show all 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2013 Resolved
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1995 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

Illinois regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Mount Carmel in 2007. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in July 2007.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 26, 2007 Illinois Signed compliance agreement 25 violations: Chlorite, Chlorine dioxide

What the violations mean

CARBON, TOTAL

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that federal rules require for CARBON, TOTAL (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Mount Carmel draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

Mount Carmel 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.

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Testing your own water

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