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The Village of Elburn announced that the latest PFAS test on Elburn's water supply came back clean, wrapping up the village's federally required monitoring.
A well that had been offline for pump repairs during last year's initial testing has now been resampled, and every compound checked came in below the reporting level.
Here's what to know:
Round of monitoring complete: Elburn has now finished all testing required under the EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5).
More testing ahead: The village still owes two more rounds of PFAS compliance monitoring before April 26, 2027, spaced five to seven months apart and covering six PFAS compounds plus one PFAS combination mixture.
Water quality report posted: Elburn's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report, the annual water quality summary required by federal rule, is now available to view.
Why now: According to the village, federal rules require utilities to notify customers within 12 months of getting unregulated contaminant results. Elburn officials moved to retest the village’s drinking water after state regulators detected a PFAS compound above Illinois’ reporting level in a local well earlier this year.
Read more in the latest “The Elburn Express” newsletter.
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