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Is Lakewood, IL tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Lakewood, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Illinois’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving Lakewood have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Illinois’s records: Lakewood and Woodstock.

Crystal Lake, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.8 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Crystal Lake is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 1.6 to 91 mg/L (0.1 to 5.3 grains per gallon). How Illinois’s water compares.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Lakewood’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Crystal Lake’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Lakewood

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Illinois certifies.

The 3 labs Illinois certifies closest to Lakewood, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Will County Health Department

    Joliet, IL · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (815) 727-8517

  • Test, Inc.

    Peru, IL · about 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (815) 224-1650

  • Eurofins Built Environment Testing Central-Chicago

    Naperville, IL · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (331) 330-2066

Illinois Department of Public Health: Coliform bacteria and nitrate testing for private wells, with sample bottles from your local health department, or from the department's nearest regional office where there is none. You mail the sample to the lab, and results come back through the health department. Well Sampling for Coliform & Nitrate, Illinois Department of Public Health.

All 30 certified labs for Illinois

ZIP codes in Lakewood

Which ZIP codes are in Lakewood: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Illinois Department of Public Health, certified water microbiology laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Lakewood

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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