Water quality in Cortland, Illinois
Cortland is in DeKalb County. 57 active public water systems serve the county; 25 had an EPA violation in the past three years.
Most likely your provider
Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.
Other community water systems in DeKalb County
19 systems, nearest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortland Corners MHP |
205 | 10 | 0.9 mi | |
| Suburban Apartments (de Kalb Univ Dvl) |
1,050 | 5 | 1.3 mi | |
| Dekalb De Kalb |
40,290 | 1 | 3.2 mi | |
| Sycamore Sycamore |
18,500 | 2 | 4.4 mi | |
| Northern Illinois University-Dekalb |
6,500 | 0 | 6.1 mi | |
| Malta Malta |
1,143 | 3 | 9.0 mi | |
| Genoa Genoa |
5,298 | 3 | 11.0 mi | |
| Hinckley Hinckley |
2,006 | 0 | 11.1 mi | |
| Waterman Waterman |
1,497 | 0 | 11.6 mi | |
| Valley View Subdivision (dekalb) |
120 | 2 | 12.4 mi | |
| Kingston Kingston |
1,160 | 0 | 12.5 mi | |
| Kirkland Kirkland |
1,650 | 0 | 13.9 mi | |
| Shabbona Shabbona |
913 | 2 | 14.7 mi | |
| Buck Lake Estates Subdivision |
150 | 0 | 19.3 mi | |
| Triangle Manufactured Home Community Sandwich |
124 | 0 | 19.5 mi | |
| Sandwich Sandwich |
7,156 | 2 | 19.5 mi | |
| Sandwich Estates MHP Sandwich |
90 | 0 | 19.8 mi | |
| Somonauk Somonauk |
1,860 | 0 | 20.2 mi | |
| Donny Brook Estates Subdivision |
30 | 2 | — |
Non-community systems in DeKalb County (37: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.
About this data
Water systems are matched to DeKalb County, nearest to Cortland first. Your exact provider depends on your address and connection; the largest community water system in a county is usually the city or town utility. Distances are measured to the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system or, for systems without one, to the centre of the first town EPA lists the system as serving, from Census Bureau place files.
Town locations and ZIP code areas come from U.S. Census Bureau 2020 files.
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. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.