No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16.
EPA record checked 2026-10-06
From EPA's record for IL0316000. PurityMap is independent of Chicago Department of Water Management.
Every community water system publishes one each year.
Read the report ↗As listed in EPA's records. Your water bill names your supplier.
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34 results are on record. These 5 come first: results above a listed reference, then those closest to a legal limit.
0health-based violations in the last 10 years · none open as of 2026-09-16
From EPA SDWIS. A clean violation history means no enforcement action was recorded; it does not cover contaminants without a limit. Meeting a federal limit is a compliance fact, not a health clearance.
Screening tells you if something is worth a closer look; a lab result is the number you can act on.
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Screening: quick check, not lab-grade
Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
Turnaround: 5 minutes
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
One email when a new sampling round is published or a result moves across its reference.
Follow this water →Its official website is chicago.gov, its phone number on EPA record is 312-744-7001 and its mailing address is 1000 E Ohio St, CHICAGO, IL 60611. These details come from the system's EPA record and a check of its website.
Bills, starting service and stopping service are handled by Chicago Department of Water Management on its official website, chicago.gov. PurityMap does not take payments.
EPA's records list Chicago Department of Water Management as serving Chicago, Illinois. Your water bill names your supplier.
PurityMap's record for Chicago Department of Water Management holds results for 29 PFAS substances. None was detected, and none is above a federal legal limit. Each result links to its source in the city report.
No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16: that is what EPA's record shows for Chicago Department of Water Management. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
Chicago Department of Water Management is on EPA record as drawing from surface water.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where Chicago Department of Water Management reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at Chicago Department of Water Management: 7 µg/L (90th percentile, 2026 monitoring period (still open)). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.