Public water system · IL1775050
ActivePrairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill
At a glance
Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill (PWSID IL1775050) is an active community water system in Stephenson County, Illinois. It reports serving 600 people through 172 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2000.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
600
Service connections
172
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill compare with other water systems in Stephenson County?
By EPA's size categories, Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Stephenson County has 42 active public water systems, and Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 26% below the county average of 811 people per system, and accounts for 1.8% of the 34,049 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Illinois, the 3,872 active systems average 3,204 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Illinois has 1,773 active community water systems, 46% 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 Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill?
EPA lists Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill 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. 29 of the 42 active systems in Stephenson County (69%) are also privately owned.
Does Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2000. The violations listed here began between June 1977 and November 2000. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (7 of them). EPA lists 8 as archived. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-11-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1993-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1993-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1993-09-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Archived |
| 1993-08-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1993-08-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Archived |
| 1991-02-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1977-06-30 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000 | No | Archived |
All 8 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.
Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill: frequently asked questions
Who runs Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill?
Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill (PWSID IL1775050) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IL state drinking water program.
How many people does Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill serve?
Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill reports serving 600 people through 172 service connections in Stephenson County, Illinois.
Where does Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill 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 Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2000. 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 Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill'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 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2000. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the IL state drinking water program.
Where can I find Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill's water quality report?
As a community water system, Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
Other water systems in Stephenson County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport | Stephenson | 23,930 | Community | Groundwater |
| Lena | Stephenson | 2,680 | Community | Groundwater |
| Pearl City | Stephenson | 790 | Community | Groundwater |
| Orangeville | Stephenson | 780 | Community | Groundwater |
| Cedarville | Stephenson | 663 | Community | Groundwater |
| Davis | Stephenson | 589 | 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, “Prairie Path Water Company-Northern Hill, PWSID IL1775050, Illinois”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/illinois/prairie-path-water-company-northern-hill-il1775050 (data as of October 1, 2026).