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Is Rock Island Arsenal, IL tap water safe?

Rock Island serves Rock Island Arsenal, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Illinois’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Rock Island serves Rock Island Arsenal. In EPA’s and Illinois’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

The water from Rock Island is very hard, 215 mg/L (12.6 grains per gallon). How Illinois’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

Water testing near Rock Island Arsenal

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 Rock Island Arsenal, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Quad City Metallurgical Laboratory, Inc.

    Davenport, IA · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (563) 386-7827

  • QC Analytical Services, LLC

    Le Claire, IA · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (563) 289-3373

  • Lyons Labs

    Stockton, IL · about 66 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (815) 947-3360

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 Rock Island Arsenal

Which ZIP codes are in Rock Island Arsenal: 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 Rock Island Arsenal

Other towns in Rock Island County with a page of their own.

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