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Blairsville PWD

Serves Carterville and Blairsville, Williamson County, IL · 807 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Blairsville PWD in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • IL1995350
  • HURST
  • IL
  • 807 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 62949
EPA system ID IL1995350

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Blairsville PWD buys its water from Colp and Lakeside PWD.
  • Record on file since 1977, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 265 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
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Dec 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 31, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 7, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1977

EPA's records for Blairsville PWD go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1990s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 3 6

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.

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Where the water comes from

Blairsville PWD buys its water from Colp and Lakeside PWD. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Blairsville PWD 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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