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Utica tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Utica. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Utica is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 1,323 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 82 violations across the community water system(s) serving Utica, going back to the earliest EPA record. 7 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
North Utica
1,323 served · groundwater · PWSID IL0990650 - Health-based Lead and Copper Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times between January 1994 and August 2025. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Iron: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times in January 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring pH: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Alkalinity, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Combined Radium (-226 and -228): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 13 times between January 2019 and July 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Iron: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between October 2022 and July 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between December 2006 and June 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times in October 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Dinoseb: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,4-D: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Pentachlorophenol: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,4,5-TP: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Picloram: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Dalapon: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Diquat: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2002 and July 2005. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.