Public water system · IL3151696
ActiveSt Michaels Church
At a glance
St Michaels Church (PWSID IL3151696) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Clair County, Illinois. It reports serving 50 people through 4 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
50
Service connections
4
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does St Michaels Church compare with other water systems in St. Clair County?
By EPA's size categories, St Michaels Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). St. Clair County has 42 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 6,082 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 255,459 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 St Michaels Church is about 65% below 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 St Michaels Church?
EPA lists St Michaels Church 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. 16 of the 42 active systems in St. Clair County (38%) are also privately owned.
Does St Michaels Church have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between April 2008 and January 2025. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (6 of them). EPA lists 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
| 2020-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | 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 |
| 2009-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2008-04-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
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.
St Michaels Church: frequently asked questions
Who runs St Michaels Church?
St Michaels Church (PWSID IL3151696) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IL state drinking water program.
How many people does St Michaels Church serve?
St Michaels Church reports serving 50 people through 4 service connections in St. Clair County, Illinois.
Where does St Michaels Church 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 St Michaels Church have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 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 St Michaels Church'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; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IL state drinking water program.
Where can I find St Michaels Church's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. St Michaels Church 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 St. Clair County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Il American-East St Louis | St. Clair | 131,368 | Community | Surface water |
| O Fallon | St. Clair | 46,603 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Caseyville | St. Clair | 13,798 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Cahokia Heights | St. Clair | 12,528 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Mascoutah | St. Clair | 8,759 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| American Water Oper and Maintenance, LLC | St. Clair | 6,779 | Community | Purchased surface water |
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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, “St Michaels Church, PWSID IL3151696, Illinois”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/illinois/st-michaels-church-il3151696 (data as of October 1, 2026).