CHICAGO
PWS ID: IL0316000 · CHICAGO, Illinois 60611
Population Served
2,746,388
Total Violations
212
Health-Based Violations
2
Water Source
Surface Water
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 484,979
- County
- Cook
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 195
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 26 | 2025 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 16 | 2024 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 8 | 1993 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2021 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 8 | 1993 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 8 | 2019 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 6 | 1993 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 4 | 2019 |
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 240 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/23/2024 | <0.02 µg/L | 0.02 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/23/2024 | <0.008 µg/L | 0.008 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/23/2024 | <0.007 µg/L | 0.007 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/23/2024 | <0.006 µg/L | 0.006 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| lithium | 7/23/2024 | <9 µg/L | 9 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/23/2024 | <0.002 µg/L | 0.002 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/23/2024 | <0.002 µg/L | 0.002 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/23/2024 | <0.02 µg/L | 0.02 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/23/2024 | <0.007 µg/L | 0.007 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/23/2024 | <0.008 µg/L | 0.008 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/23/2024 | <0.004 µg/L | 0.004 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/23/2024 | <0.006 µg/L | 0.006 µg/L | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/23/2024 | <0.003 µg/L | 0.003 µg/L | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/23/2024 | <0.005 µg/L | 0.005 µg/L | Not Detected |
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025.
PFAS data from EPA UCMR5 monitoring program (2023-2025).
This data is provided for informational purposes only.