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Is Spring Valley, IL tap water safe?

Spring Valley serves Spring Valley, 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

Spring Valley serves Spring Valley. In EPA’s and Illinois’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lithium at 27 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

The water from Spring Valley is moderately hard, typically 85 mg/L (5 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 Spring Valley

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

  • Test, Inc.

    Peru, IL · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (815) 224-1650

  • Daily Laboratories

    Peoria, IL · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (309) 691-4513

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Peoria

    Peoria, IL · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (309) 683-1766

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 Spring Valley

Which ZIP codes are in Spring Valley: 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 Spring Valley

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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