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Ruffit Park (97121)

At a glance

Ruffit Park (97121) (PWSID IL3097121) is an active transient non-community water system in Whiteside County, Illinois. It reports serving 75 people through 41 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDIL3097121

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served75

Service connections41

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIL state drinking water program

City served—

StateIllinois

ZIP—

CountyWhiteside County

How does Ruffit Park (97121) compare with other water systems in Whiteside County?

By EPA's size categories, Ruffit Park (97121) is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Whiteside County has 59 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 696 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 41,082 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 Ruffit Park (97121) is about half of 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 Ruffit Park (97121)?

EPA lists Ruffit Park (97121) 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. 44 of the 59 active systems in Whiteside County (75%) are also privately owned.

Does Ruffit Park (97121) have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023. The violations listed here began between January 2017 and June 2023. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 2 required treatment not met and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (6 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2023-06-24	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2023-04-02	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2D	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2023-02-02	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2021-07-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2D	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
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
2017-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

All 11 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.

Ruffit Park (97121): frequently asked questions

Who runs Ruffit Park (97121)?

Ruffit Park (97121) (PWSID IL3097121) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IL state drinking water program.

How many people does Ruffit Park (97121) serve?

Ruffit Park (97121) reports serving 75 people through 41 service connections in Whiteside County, Illinois.

Where does Ruffit Park (97121) 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 Ruffit Park (97121) have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023. 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 Ruffit Park (97121)'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 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IL state drinking water program.

Where can I find Ruffit Park (97121)'s water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Ruffit Park (97121) 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 Whiteside County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Il American-Sterling	Whiteside	14,782	Community	Groundwater
Rock Falls	Whiteside	8,620	Community	Groundwater
Morrison	Whiteside	4,188	Community	Groundwater
Fulton	Whiteside	3,346	Community	Groundwater
Prophetstown	Whiteside	2,100	Community	Groundwater
Erie	Whiteside	1,479	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, “Ruffit Park (97121), PWSID IL3097121, Illinois”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/illinois/ruffit-park-97121-il3097121 (data as of October 1, 2026).