Is Lincolnshire, IL tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Lincolnshire has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Illinois’s records: Lake Forest.
Lincolnshire, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Illinois’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from Lincolnshire is moderately hard, 87 mg/L (5.1 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 Lincolnshire’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Lincolnshire
Illinois · serves 7,940 people · about 5,100 in Lincolnshire
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 87 mg/L (5.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lake Forest
Illinois · serves 19,642 people · about 450 in Lincolnshire
1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 21 ppb, above the action level. Hardness: hard, 140 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lcpw - Pekara Subdivision
Illinois · serves 3,711 people · about 420 in Lincolnshire
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 31 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: very hard, typically 380 mg/L (22.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Buffalo Grove
Illinois · serves 43,212 people · under 100 in Lincolnshire
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lincolnshire
The 3 labs Illinois certifies closest to Lincolnshire, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Lake County Environmental Laboratory
Libertyville, IL · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Culligan Analytical Laboratory
Rosemont, IL · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - McHenry
McHenry, IL · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 IllinoisWhich ZIP codes are in Lincolnshire: 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 Lincolnshire
Other towns in Lake County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lincolnshire’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water