Water Department
The Village of Coal City gets their water from four wells. The first well, Well 3 with a depth of 360 feet has a small amount of sulfur. Well 4 with a depth of 793 feet also has sulfur. Well 5 with a depth of 1785 feet, has no sulfur but contains high amounts of radium. Well 6 also contains sulfur with a depth of 580 feet.
The Water Plant, built in 1991, was designed to remove the hardness, sulfur, and radium from the wells. The water plant produces about 600,000 gallons a day of 3 to 5 grains of soft water. Â In 2019, the plant received a major update. All of the face piping and flow meters were replaced. We also added a SCADA System to better monitor and control the plant.
ANNUAL IEPA NOTICES
Since Coal City is a regulated utility under the jurisdiction of the IEPA, there are regular notices that must be provided to provide information to Coal City’s utility customers. Below are two links on two different subjects provided to meet IEPA guidelines.
The first is regarding the existence of lead services within Coal City. An initial study of those services suspected of containing lead was conducted and notice of those results was provided last year. However, this notice is supposed to repeat each year until all remediation efforts are completed. This has not yet occurred this year – this link https://coalcity-il.gov/lead-service-notice provides information regarding that requirement. Please note, the Village remediated 421 lead services in 2025 to greatly reduce the total number of suspected lead services. If your home is within the remaining area suspected of containing a lead service, you will receive a separate notice to your home by the end 2026. In addition to this notice, Coal City tests its water for a host of contaminants regulated by the IEPA; the result of these tests are provided within the annual Consumer Confidence Report. In addition to these items, the IEPA also requires monitoring for unregulated contaminants. This notice https://coalcity-il.gov/iepa-monitor-notice  informs residents that if they should like information regarding the unregulated contaminants in addition to those that are regulated, they may call village hall (phone number at the bottom of newsletter) and gain access to those results as well.
The confidence data report and annual drinking water quality report can be viewed by clicking on the links below.
Water Meters & Water Mains
If you have a water meter leak or find a water main break, please report it to us as soon as possible. We have friendly service people that are on-call and ready to assist you, 24 hours a day. Please call (815) 634-8608 during business hours or (815) 634-2341 after hours or on weekends.
Wastewater Department
Winner of the 2008 Wastewater Plant of the Year Award from Illinois Rural Water Association.
The Wastewater Plant, built in 2002, treats approximately 600,000 gallons per day, on a dry day. The plant removes approximately 750 pounds of solids and organics a day. There are 6 lift stations transferring wastewater from outskirt neighborhoods to the wastewater plant. There is approximately 40 miles of water and sewer lines in Coal City. The water/wastewater operators include John Huddlestun and Tyler Valiente.
Help your village save maintenance costs by not flushing or disposing of the following down the drains:
- Razorblades
- Dental Floss
- Dye Bottles
- Plastic Bags
- Clothing
- Grease (especially at Thanksgiving)
- Plastic Gloves
- Wipes
- Tampons/Feminine Napkins
These products plug lines and pumps that interrupt service and cost the village thousands of dollars in time and chemicals to clean these products out of our wastewater system.
Disconnect your sump pump from the wastewater system!
Residences that have sump pumps that pump their storm water into the wastewater system increase the amount of water that must be processed through our system. This increases the cost of our department, overloads our system and ultimately raises the cost to the village residents. When heavy rains fall in our community the sanitary system is over loaded and forces water into basements of your neighbors and other local residences.
The Village has determined that the Village wastewater treatment plant cannot handle the influx of clear water that is being illegally discharged into the public sanitary sewer system, causing sewer backup and other problems. Ordinance 08-12 established the Sump Pump Inspection Program. This ordinance is intended to reduce the volume of clear water that is being directed into the sanitary sewer system. The Program will involve the inspection of every building, structure, and facility in the Village to determine whether a sump pump is discharging water into the sanitary sewer system in violation of Village ordinance 51-54(opens in new tab). Every person owning property that discharges into the Village’s sanitary sewer system shall allow the Village building official or a designated representative to inspect the building, structure, or facility to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the sanitary sewer system. Inspections conducted by the Village will be at no cost to the property owner.
In lieu of a Village inspection, a person may hire an Illinois licensed plumber (at his or her own expense) who is pre-registered with the Village of Coal City to conduct the required sump pump inspection. Proper forms must be completed by the plumber and submitted to the Village within seven days of the inspection.
Any property owner determined to be in violation of Village ordinance, regulation, or policy concerning the discharge of clear water into the public sanitary sewer system shall take immediate action to bring the property into compliance, including removal of the sump pump connection to the public sanitary sewer system. In addition, the property owner shall contact the building official for a re-inspection of the property within 60 days of the initial inspection.
For more information or to schedule an inspection, call 815-634-8608
