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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IL3103713

Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club

Dallas City, Illinois 62330 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 25 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

25
People served
46
EPA violations
19
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 46 drinking-water violations at Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club, 41% of them health-based - below the Illinois per-system average.

46
Total EPA violations on record
41%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
25
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club

Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club is a public/private-owned transient non-community water system that delivers drinking water to 25 residents in Dallas City, Illinois (Henderson County) through 1 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 46 total violations for this system , of which 19 (41%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 24 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Coliform (TCR), recorded in 18 violations (MR). This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across Illinois, EPA tracks 5,117 public water systems serving 12,576,876 people, with 355,322 cumulative violations and 52,932 health-based violations on record. About 81% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 69.4 violations. Statewide, 123 of 487 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (25.3%).

Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club's 46 violations sit below the Illinois average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.

Population Served
25
Total Violations
46
Health-Based Violations
19
Water Source
Groundwater

System Details

System Type
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Public/Private
Connections
1
County
Henderson
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
9
Monitoring Violations
24
Treatment Tech Violations
10

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 18 2015
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 10 2025
Coliform (TCR) MCL 9 2011
Nitrate MR 6 2021
Public Notice Other 2 2025

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID IL3103713 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Illinois Drinking Water Authority

Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club under EPA-delegated authority.

Open IL regulator portal

Source: Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest) Contaminant Category Count EPA Record
2025 Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 10 SDWIS / IL3103713 / 8000
2025 Public Notice Other 2 SDWIS / IL3103713 / 7500
2021 Nitrate MR 6 SDWIS / IL3103713 / 1040
2015 Coliform (TCR) MR 18 SDWIS / IL3103713 / 3100
2011 Coliform (TCR) MCL 9 SDWIS / IL3103713 / 3100

How Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club Illinois avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 46 69.4 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 19 10.3 Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection None 25.3% EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served 25 2,458 Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 5,117 regulated public water systems in Illinois.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
Contaminant Federal MCL / Action Level Note
Lead 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform Treatment technique (RTCR) Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N) 10 mg/L Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club water safe to drink? ▼
Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club (PWS ID: IL3103713) has 46 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 25 people using Groundwater sources.
How many people does Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club serve? ▼
Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club serves 25 people in Dallas City, Illinois. It is a Public/Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1 service connections.
What type of violations does Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club have? ▼
Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club has 46 total violations: 19 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 24 monitoring/reporting violations, and 10 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club use? ▼
Ideal Hunting and Fishing Club uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Transient Non-Community Water System, serving transient populations.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.