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Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violations in Illinois

278 active public water systems in Illinois had a Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violation in the past three years, 278 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) is and why it matters.

Health effects: Lead: no safe level for children. Causes irreversible neurological damage, impaired cognitive development, behavioral problems, and reduced IQ in children under 6. In adults: hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage. Copper: acute gastrointestinal distress at high levels; liver/kidney damage at very high chronic levels.

Systems with a Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Career Center of Southern Illinois
Monroe County
50 9 2
Children of Promise
St. Clair County
50 5 2
Dolan Education Center
Winnebago County
50 6 1
Tegrant Sonoco Protective Solutions
Will County
50 6 0
Will CO Forest Preserve Dist
Will County
50 6 2
Buffalo Hollow Farms Water Assoc
Peoria County
45 2 1
Road Ranger 132
Champaign County
45 6 2
Ameren-Cilco-Eastern Serv Ctr
Tazewell County
40 6 2
Kaluzny Bros INC
Will County
40 5 2
Kane County Div of Transport
Kane County
40 4 1
Wells Concrete
McHenry County
40 5 0
Illinois Marine Towing
Will County
39 5 2
Flower Garden Annex
Cook County
38 6 2
JX Peterbilt
Lake County
34 5 1
Morningside Mobile Estates MHP
Logan County
34 3 0
Arntzen Corporation
McHenry County
30 2 2
Banyan Treatment Center
Iroquois County
30 5 1
Identco
Lake County
30 3 2
J M Huber Well 2
Adams County
26 8 2
Dupont Pioneer
LaSalle County
25 3 2
Embrace Daycare
Peoria County
25 2 1
Everest Academy
Cook County
25 5 2
J M Huber Well 1
Adams County
25 7 2
Pearl Valley Farms
Stephenson County
25 4 1
Wedron Silica 2
LaSalle County
25 5 1
Wedron Silica Warehouse
LaSalle County
25 3 1
Winnebago County Rock 39
Winnebago County
25 7 1
Bluff Lake Lodges, Inc.
Antioch · Lake County
24 8 2
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Illinois records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.