Is Montgomery, IL tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Montgomery have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Illinois’s records: Aurora and Oswego.
Montgomery, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 32.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
The water from Montgomery is moderately hard, typically 76 mg/L (4.4 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 Montgomery’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Montgomery
Illinois · serves 28,956 people · about 19,100 in Montgomery
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 32.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 76 mg/L (4.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Aurora
Illinois · serves 183,000 people · about 2,400 in Montgomery
1 result above the action level, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lead at 25.7 ppb, above the action level. Hardness: soft to hard depending on the source, 42 to 122 mg/L (2.5 to 7.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Oswego
Illinois · serves 38,169 people · about 2,200 in Montgomery
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 114 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: very hard, typically 235 mg/L (13.7 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Montgomery
The 3 labs Illinois certifies closest to Montgomery, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Built Environment Testing Central-Chicago
Naperville, IL · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
Phigenics Analytical Services Laboratory
Warrenville, IL · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria
Suburban Laboratories, Inc.
Geneva, IL · about 11 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 Montgomery: 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 Montgomery
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Montgomery’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water