Public water system · IL3154583
ActiveDick Young West Forest Preserve
At a glance
Dick Young West Forest Preserve (PWSID IL3154583) is an active transient non-community water system in Kane County, Illinois. It reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
200
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Dick Young West Forest Preserve compare with other water systems in Kane County?
By EPA's size categories, Dick Young West Forest Preserve is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Kane County has 118 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 4,933 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 582,054 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Illinois, the 3,872 active systems average 3,204 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Dick Young West Forest Preserve is about 39% above that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Illinois has 1,703 active transient non-community water systems, 44% of the state's 3,872 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,808 Illinois systems (73%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Dick Young West Forest Preserve?
EPA lists Dick Young West Forest Preserve as privately owned. The IL state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 63 of the 118 active systems in Kane County (53%) are also privately owned.
Does Dick Young West Forest Preserve have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2018 and May 2025. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (3 of them). EPA lists 3 as resolved and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2020-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2018-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
All 4 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Dick Young West Forest Preserve: frequently asked questions
Who runs Dick Young West Forest Preserve?
Dick Young West Forest Preserve (PWSID IL3154583) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IL state drinking water program.
How many people does Dick Young West Forest Preserve serve?
Dick Young West Forest Preserve reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection in Kane County, Illinois.
Where does Dick Young West Forest Preserve get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Dick Young West Forest Preserve have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Dick Young West Forest Preserve's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IL state drinking water program.
Where can I find Dick Young West Forest Preserve's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Dick Young West Forest Preserve is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Kane County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | Kane | 183,000 | Community | Surface water |
| Elgin | Kane | 114,797 | Community | Surface water |
| Carpentersville | Kane | 37,983 | Community | Groundwater |
| St Charles | Kane | 33,103 | Community | Groundwater |
| Montgomery | Kane | 28,956 | Community | Groundwater |
| Batavia | Kane | 26,098 | Community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Dick Young West Forest Preserve, PWSID IL3154583, Illinois”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/illinois/dick-young-west-forest-preserve-il3154583 (data as of October 1, 2026).