Water Quality in Chicago, IL (60120)

EPA violation data for public water systems serving ZIP code 60120.

Based on EPA compliance data. Not a substitute for an official water quality report from your utility.

51,225

Population

138

Water Systems

47

Violations (5yr)

1

Health-Based

Location

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Water Systems Serving This Area (138)

Chicago

Surface water 2,746,388 people served
10 violations (5yr)
Lead tested: 9.3 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Aurora

Surface water 183,000 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 20.6 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Elgin

Surface water 114,797 people served
6 violations (5yr)
Lead tested: 51.1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Carpentersville

Groundwater 37,983 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1.6 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) Copper tested: 1400 ppb (limit: 1300 ppb)

Elgin Mental Health Center

Groundwater 2,000 people served
0 violations

Elgin Mental Health Center

Groundwater 1,700 people served
0 violations

Spring Lakes Mhp

All resolved
Purchased surface water 904 people served
1 violation (5yr) · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Wayne School

1 health-based
Groundwater 625 people served
27 violations (5yr) · 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Starview Drive Inn

Groundwater 500 people served
0 violations

The Embers Restaurant

Groundwater 500 people served
0 violations

Umbertos Restaurant

Groundwater 500 people served
0 violations

Big Timber Campgrounds

Groundwater 450 people served
0 violations

Meller'S Corner

Groundwater 300 people served
0 violations

The Embers Restaurant

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Jay'S Corner

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Fabrick, Walter

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Fabrick, Walter

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Jay'S Corner

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Pollitt, Charles

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Woody Acres Girl Scout Camp

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Woody Acres Girl Scout Camp

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Tyler Creek Forest Preserve

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Blackjacks

Groundwater 160 people served
3 violations (5yr)

Country Covenant Church

Groundwater 130 people served
0 violations

Elgin Easter Seal Assn

Groundwater 125 people served
0 violations

Elgin Easter Seal Assn

Groundwater 125 people served
0 violations

Valley Hills Tennis Club

Groundwater 120 people served
0 violations

Eagle Food Center #261

Purchased groundwater 120 people served
0 violations

Christ The Lord Lutheran Churc

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Al Griffiths

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Girl Scouts Of Northern Illinois - Elgin

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Sunray Poultry

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Christ The Lord Lutheran Churc

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Marcy-Rath Auction Service

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

St Andrews Church

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Starview Drive In

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Wing Park

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Camp Po-Ke-Ta-Ga

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Gigante Finer Foods

Purchased groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Wing Park

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Shedd'S Food Products

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

St Andrew Evangelical Luthern

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Meller'S Corner

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

First Free Will Baptist Church

Groundwater 85 people served
0 violations

First Free Will Baptist Church

Groundwater 85 people served
0 violations

Country Covenant Church

Groundwater 80 people served
0 violations

Rousch Otto

Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations

West Side Christian Church

Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations

West Side Christian Church

Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations

Pub-N-Patio

Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations

Rousch Otto

Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations

Pedersen'S Tavern

Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations

Pedersen'S Tavern

Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations

St Hugh Of Lincoln Episcopal C

Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations

St Hugh Of Lincoln Episcopal C

Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations

Tufts Edgecombe Inc

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Bubba Mc Duffys

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Tufts Edgcumbe Inc

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Udina Grade School

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Villa Venuti Atsa Nice

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Ludwig Dairy Corp

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Jo El Motel

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Trails & Treasures

Groundwater 43 people served
0 violations

Trails And Treasures

Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations

Steinbis, Steve

Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations

Rath'S Auction Center

Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations

Steinbis, Steve

Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations

Jo El Motel

Groundwater 26 people served
0 violations

Gooley Farms

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Pederson'S

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Dist U 46 Farm Colony

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elgin Country Club

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Blackhawk Forest Preserve

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elgin Molded Plastics Dv Beatr

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Dick Chesra Farm

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Divito, Gene

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory 1200

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Connie'S Drive Inn

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory 1200

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Tecza Nurseries

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Sinnett Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Fox Valley Saddle Assn

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

S P R Corp

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elgin Country Club

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ray Young Foods

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Camp Big Timber

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ted & Ed'S Rental

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Fox Valley Saddle Assn

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Schneider, Edward

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ray Young Foods

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Klein'S Produce Stand

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ill Toll Hwy Commission

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory Tract Gr 1 1208

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Gooley Farms

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Valley Block & Supply Co Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Unitarian-Univeralist Church

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elgin Molded Plastics Dv Beatr

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory Tract Gr2 1211

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elio'S Pizza

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Morgan'S Flowers Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Syntex Labs Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

S P R Corp

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Morgan'S Flowers Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory Tract 1207

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Thornton'S Turf Nursery

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Camp Tu-Endie-Wei

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory Tract Gr2 1211

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elgin Country Club

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Thornton'S Turf Nursery

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Surge School

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory Tract Gr 1 1209

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Beverly Gravel Co Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Dick Chesra Farm

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Sinnett Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Tecza Nurseries

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Klein'S Produce Stand

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Crocker,The

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Shoe Factory Tract 1210

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Schneider, Edward

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ruth, Ralph & Sons

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Camp Tu-Endie-Wei

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elgin Country Club - Halfway

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Beverly Gravel Co Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Family Picnic Area 1212

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Unitarian-Univeralist Church

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Meller'S Corner

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Crocker, The

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ill Toll Hwy Commission

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ted & Ed'S Rental

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Bode Lake 1172

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Elgin Township Road District

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Valley Block & Supply Co Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Ruth, Ralph & Sons

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Chicago Gravel Co

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Chicago Gravel Co

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Divito, Gene

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Dist. U46 Attn. Frank Eaton

Groundwater 20 people served
0 violations

Elgin Township Road District

Groundwater 15 people served
0 violations

Contaminants Found

Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts RuleHealth-Based
1 violation
All resolved
CARBON, TOTALMonitoring
3 violations
All resolved
Lead and Copper RuleMonitoring

Lead and copper testing requirement. Lead exposure can cause developmental harm in children.

3 violations
Has active
ChlorineMonitoring

Used to disinfect water — generally safe at regulated levels.

3 violations
All resolved
Public NoticeMonitoring
2 violations
Has active
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleMonitoring
2 violations
All resolved
Consumer Confidence RuleMonitoring

Annual water quality report delivery requirement.

2 violations
All resolved
NitrateMonitoring

At high levels, nitrate can cause blue baby syndrome in infants.

2 violations
All resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSMonitoring
1 violation
Has active
DalaponMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
StyreneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Vinyl chlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Xylenes, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
DICHLOROMETHANEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TolueneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TTHMMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TrichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
EthylbenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CHLOROBENZENEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
BenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved

Lead & Copper Levels

Lead (Pb)

Approaching limit
9.3 ppb measured Action level: 15 ppb

Sampled: Jul 2025

Copper (Cu)

Exceeds limit
1400 ppb measured Action level: 1300 ppb

Sampled: Jan 2022

How Does This Compare?

Chicago (60120) has more violations than 90% of US ZIP codes. The national average is 18.87 violations per ZIP over 5 years. This ZIP has 47.

Fewer violations 90th percentile More violations

Recommended Water Filters

Based on health-based violations detected in your area, these filter types are commonly used to address similar contaminants. Consult your water utility's Consumer Confidence Report for the most current data.

Activated Carbon Filter

Excellent for removing chlorine, chloramine, and disinfection byproducts like THMs and HAAs. Available as pitcher filters, countertop, or under-sink units.

Targets:THMs, HAAs, Chlorine, Chloramine, Taste & Odor

Look for:NSF/ANSI 42 & 53 certified

Always look for filters certified by NSF International for the specific contaminants you want to remove. This is general educational information, not an endorsement of any specific product.

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