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Water hardness in Clifton

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Clifton, Illinois.

Utility-reported hardness

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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
2
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Clifton

IL0750250 · Groundwater · 1,500 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.0022 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

15% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.7 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

131% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2013 to Jun 30, 2013

Violation history (27)
Imported violation history for Clifton
RuleStatusPeriod
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDEResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
HeptachlorResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
SimazineResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
DinosebArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
MethoxychlorResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Heptachlor epoxideResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
AtrazineResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
2,4-DArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANEResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
LASSOArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
OXAMYLResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
CarbofuranResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
HEXACHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
DiquatResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
EndothallResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
EndrinResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
ChlordaneArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
DalaponArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
PicloramArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
BHC-GAMMAResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
HexachlorocyclopentadieneResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Benzo(a)pyreneResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
PentachlorophenolArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
2,4,5-TPArchivedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

La Bella Of Clifton

IL0755389 · Groundwater · 55 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
7.0e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

5% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.585 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

122% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022

Violation history (4)
Imported violation history for La Bella Of Clifton
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedJan 1, 2026
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-basedResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Feb 28, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Jul 6, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-basedResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Aug 25, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Clifton has 1 published ZIP profile across Iroquois County. The regional-evidence median is 126 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard1 ZIP
Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
17.9 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 1Low: 0

Observation window: Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 29, 2021.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Clifton

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

60927

Hard

126 PPM

Nearest site
17.9 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Clifton

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.