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Water hardness in Joy

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

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
1
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.

Joy

IL1310100 · Groundwater · 377 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 (1)

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 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (6)
Imported violation history for Joy
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSUnaddressedJul 2, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedApr 1, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedJul 13, 2024 to Jun 1, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedFeb 4, 2024 to Feb 19, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Sep 27, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024

City summary

What the indexed records say

Joy has 1 published ZIP profile across Mercer County. The regional-evidence median is 212 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. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

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
16.1 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: Jun 7, 2017 to Sep 5, 2017.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Joy

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

61260

Very Hard

212 PPM

Nearest site
16.1 mi
Confidence
Low

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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 Joy

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.