Hampton does not pump or treat its own drinking water. The village buys finished Mississippi River water from the City of East Moline through a master meter, keeps a second master meter for emergencies, and rechlorinates at its own repumping station when needed, according to Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch and EPA’s federal record for PWSID IL1610300. What reaches a Hampton tap is East Moline’s treated river water, delivered through Hampton’s own mains — and neither utility publishes a hardness number for it.
Kind Water Co installs water softeners, whole-home filtration and reverse osmosis drinking-water systems in Hampton, and we repair and maintain the equipment already in your basement, including brands we did not sell. If you own land beyond the village mains, we build complete well systems for acreages too. Every install is carried out by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind.
It starts with a free in-home water test at your kitchen sink, where we measure hardness, iron and total dissolved solids — the numbers Hampton’s published reports leave out. Travel is free for the first 50 miles and $1 a mile after that, and any mileage is quoted before you agree to anything. To get going, book the free in-home water test or get an instant quote first. If a softener you already own has stopped keeping up, our water softener repair guide covers the usual causes.
| Hampton at a glance | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Who supplies the water | The Village of Hampton (PWSID IL1610300), which buys treated water from the City of East Moline (PWSID IL1610250); EPA SDWIS lists 1,863 people served |
| Where it comes from | Mississippi River surface water, drawn at East Moline’s river intake and treated at its water filtration plant |
| Softened at the plant? | No. The East Moline treatment steps printed in Hampton’s 2025 report include no softening, and EPA SDWIS lists no softening objective for either system |
| Published hardness | None published. Neither Hampton’s 2025 water quality report nor East Moline’s 2025 report prints a hardness figure |
Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch lists Hampton’s only sources as two connections to East Moline: Master Meter 1, the everyday supply, and Master Meter 2, flagged for emergency use. Hampton’s single treatment facility is a repumping station, and the state’s facility record notes its rechlorination system is operated as needed. There are no village wells and no village treatment plant.
The federal record counts 1,863 people and 797 service connections on the system, while the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2024 estimate puts the village at 1,755 residents. The two figures come from different counts, so they are not expected to match.
Hampton’s 2025 report reprints East Moline’s treatment process step by step. River water passes a mesh screen and carbon added for taste and odor, then alum coagulation and settling basins, then filters of anthracite, sand and gravel, then ultraviolet light aimed at Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Chlorine and ammonia are combined into chloramine, and fluoride and caustic are added. East Moline’s own 2025 report says the plant treats up to 10 million gallons a day. Because the water is chloraminated rather than carrying free chlorine, that is worth knowing before you choose a carbon filter.
The same report carries East Moline’s 2025 lab tables. Nitrate was 1.7 ppm against a 10 ppm limit, sodium 36 ppm and manganese 1.2 ppb. PFOA was detected at up to 3.3 parts per trillion, which the table sets beside Illinois EPA’s 2.0 ppt health advisory level and a 4.0 ppt federal MCL, with no violation marked. Our reverse osmosis systems are certified to NSF/ANSI 58 for total dissolved solids only; they are not certified for PFAS, lead or nitrate, so those questions belong with a certified lab and the utility. The report also states that East Moline’s source water assessment rated the supply’s susceptibility as medium.
Water that has traveled through Hampton’s mains is sampled separately. The 2025 report lists haloacetic acids at a highest level of 45 ppb (individual results 32.8–64.3) against a 60 ppb limit, and total trihalomethanes at 43 ppb (26.1–80.5) against 80, with no violation for either. Lead sampling on July 24, 2024 put the 90th percentile at 1.3 ppb against a 15 ppb action level, with one site above it; copper’s 90th percentile was 0.32 ppm.
Since 2018, every violation on Hampton’s record is a Consumer Confidence Rule item: seven reporting-category violations about the annual water quality report itself, the latest opened July 1, 2025. None is health-based. The most recent health-based entry is older — a haloacetic acid running-average MCL violation for July–September 2016, measured at 0.062 mg/L against 0.060 and returned to compliance on November 29, 2016.
Hampton is on city water, so every option here is available, including the salt-free conditioner. Each price is all-in: equipment, installation, taxes and a lifetime parts warranty.
Maintenance is $199 a year for a tank-RO home and $249 a year for a tankless-RO home. A diagnostic service call is $199, and a known-issue trip is $99 plus the part. Financing is available at 0%, and military and first responders get $100 off. Read more on water softeners, reverse osmosis drinking water and well water treatment. For drinking water specifically, see our reverse osmosis guide for the Quad Cities.
Homes outside Hampton’s mains that rely on a private well are not covered by the public-water records described above, so testing is up to the owner. The Rock Island County Health Department offers water sampling and inspections for existing and new water supplies. Its water testing is available Monday through Wednesday, with fees set by the department’s fee schedule, and it handles Illinois water well permits and well sealing applications. Reach it at (309) 793-1955 or 2112 25th Ave., Rock Island.
Bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, lead and PFAS need a certified laboratory, so ask the health department which tests it runs. Our free in-home test does not cover those. Once a well has tested safe, we build the equipment side of a well water system: the dual-tank setup, a sediment pre-filter and, where it fits, a supplemental UV unit.
No utility publishes a hardness figure for Hampton, so the only way to know yours is to measure it. We test hardness, iron and total dissolved solids at your kitchen sink, walk you through the results, and tell you plainly if you do not need anything. Book the free in-home water test, or start with an instant quote.
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Hampton buys treated Mississippi River water from the City of East Moline. Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch lists two master meter connections to East Moline, one for everyday supply and one for emergencies, and the village rechlorinates at its repumping station as needed. Hampton has no wells or treatment plant of its own.
No softening step appears in the record. East Moline’s treatment process, as printed in Hampton’s 2025 water quality report, runs carbon, coagulation, settling, filtration, UV and chloramine, and neither utility publishes a hardness figure. Our free in-home test measures hardness at your kitchen sink.
Yes. We repair and maintain existing softeners and reverse osmosis systems, including brands we did not sell. A diagnostic service call is $199, and a known-issue trip is $99 plus the part. Travel is free for the first 50 miles and $1 a mile beyond that, quoted before you agree.
Since 2018 the record shows seven Consumer Confidence Rule violations, all in the reporting category and tied to the annual water quality report, the latest opened July 1, 2025. None is health-based. The last health-based violation was a haloacetic acid running-average MCL violation for July to September 2016, returned to compliance on November 29, 2016.
No. The free in-home test measures hardness, iron and total dissolved solids. PFAS, lead, bacteria, nitrate and arsenic need a certified laboratory. East Moline’s 2025 table in Hampton’s report lists PFOA at up to 3.3 parts per trillion, and our reverse osmosis systems are certified to NSF/ANSI 58 for total dissolved solids only, not for PFAS or lead.
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