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Creal Springs

Serves Creal Springs, Williamson County, IL · 683 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Creal Springs in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • IL1990300
  • CREAL SPRINGS
  • IL
  • 683 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 62922
EPA system ID IL1990300

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Creal Springs buys its water from Lake of Egypt PWD.
  • Record on file since 1977, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1977

EPA's records for Creal Springs go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 3 0

What the violations mean

CARBON, TOTAL

2 incidents

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 each of these violations.

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Creal Springs buys its water from Lake of Egypt PWD. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Burnside PWD. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Creal Springs.

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Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Creal Springs 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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