Water Quality Report

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires us to issue this report annually describing the quality of your drinking water. The Village routinely conducts tests for containments in drinking water and results have always been below all State and Federal maximum allowable levels. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water quality.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is guided y the Clean Water Act (CWA) which prohibits anybody from discharging “pollutants” through a “point source” into a “water of the United States” unless they have an NPDES permit. The permit will contain limits on what can be disharged, monitoring and reporting requirements, and other provisions to ensure that the discharge does not hurt water quality or people’s health. Below is the annual filing from the Village for the NPDES Permit.

The Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG) host an annual private well testing event in the fall each year. South Barrington is a member of BACOG and residents whose water sources are provided by well are recommended to test their water each year. There are two levels of testing. Level 1 tests for contamination of Coliform Bacteria, E. Coli, and Nitrates and is a test provided annually to residents and costs $12. Level 2 tests for Aluminum, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Boron, Calcium, Chloride, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Fluoride, Iron, Lithium, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel Nitrate, Phosphorus, Potassium, Silica, Sodium, Strontium, Sulfate, Sulfur, Tin, Titanium, Vanadium, Zinc, Turbidity, Color, pH, Alkalinity, Hardness, Total Dissolved Solids, and is recommended every 5-10 years or with change of ownership. Below are the most recent test results provided by BACOG to the Village for private well testing done by residents in the Village of South Barrington.