Milan’s water comes from three village wells, and one of them reaches far deeper than the others. The Illinois EPA source water fact sheet lists Well 4 at 1,729 feet in deep bedrock, alongside Well 3 at 453 feet and Well 5 at 485 feet in shallow bedrock. Milan’s 2025 consumer confidence report on Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch lists gross alpha at 11.2 pCi/L against a limit of 15 and iron up to 0.17 ppm, and EPA’s treatment record for the wells shows aeration, chlorination and iron sequestration, but no softening.
If you are shopping for a water softener, a whole-home filter or a reverse osmosis drinking-water system in Milan, that is the work we do. We also repair and maintain what you already own, including brands we did not sell, and we build well systems for acreages outside the village mains. The install itself is done by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind.
Start with the free in-home water test. At your kitchen sink we measure hardness, iron and total dissolved solids, the three numbers that size a system on unsoftened well water like Milan’s. The first 50 miles of travel are free, then it is $1 a mile, and you see that figure before you agree. Book the free in-home water test, or run an instant quote first.
| Milan at a glance | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Who supplies the water | Village of Milan, PWSID IL1610400, serving 4,945 people through 2,016 connections per EPA SDWIS (Census Vintage 2024 population: 5,033) |
| Where it comes from | Ground water from Wells 3 (453 ft) and 5 (485 ft) in shallow bedrock and Well 4 (1,729 ft) in deep bedrock, per the Illinois EPA source water fact sheet |
| Softened at the plant? | No. SDWIS lists slat-tray aeration, hypochlorination, fluoridation, a polyphosphate corrosion inhibitor and sequestration, with no softening objective |
| Published hardness | None published. The 2025 consumer confidence report does not print a hardness figure |
SDWIS splits Milan’s treatment between two active sites. The Wellsite 3 plant on 12th Avenue uses slat-tray aeration, hypochlorination, fluoridation and a polyphosphate corrosion inhibitor. Wells 4 and 5, both at the southeast corner of US Highway 67 and the Rock Island-Milan Parkway, feed a second plant with slat-tray aeration and hypochlorination, and that plant records sequestration under the iron-removal objective. Sequestration keeps iron in solution rather than filtering it out.
The 2025 report lists iron at 0.14 to 0.17 ppm and manganese at 4.4 to 37 ppb, both from February 13, 2023 samples and both under the state standards of 1.0 ppm and 150 ppb. Nitrate was 0.08 ppm against a limit of 10, and fluoride 0.993 ppm. Milan also has two emergency interconnections with the City of Rock Island system (IL1610650), one at 10th Avenue and 13th Street and one at the Well 4 site, per Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch; the regular supply is the village wells. Two older wells are retired: SDWIS dates the abandonment of Well 1 (1,157 feet) and Well 2 (320 feet) to 1996.
Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch lists two combined radium maximum contaminant level violations for Milan, from 1984 and 1988. Since 2018, SDWIS shows no maximum contaminant level violation of any kind. The 2025 report lists combined radium at 2.87 pCi/L from a February 5, 2024 sample, against a limit of 5, and gross alpha at 11.2 pCi/L from January 3, 2023, against a limit of 15, both with no violation. Our reverse osmosis systems are certified to NSF/ANSI 58 for total dissolved solids only and are not certified for radium, so if radioactivity is your question, a certified lab is the right first call.
The rest of Milan’s recent record is monitoring and notice work: a Ground Water Rule triggered source monitoring violation in April 2020, returned to compliance May 1, 2020; chlorine and Revised Total Coliform Rule routine monitoring violations for December 2024, both returned to compliance January 15, 2025; and a service line notification violation beginning July 2, 2025, which Illinois EPA names “Notification, Known or Potential LSL” and SDWIS files as a reporting violation. None of these is a measured exceedance.
Milan’s wells are not softened, so hardness is handled house by house. Every price below is all-in: equipment, installation, taxes and a lifetime parts warranty.
Annual maintenance is $199 for a tank-RO home or $249 for a tankless-RO home. A diagnostic service call is $199, and a known-issue trip is $99 plus the part. Financing is 0%, with $100 off for military and first responders. Our reverse osmosis systems are certified to NSF/ANSI 58 for total dissolved solids only, not for nitrate, PFAS, lead or radium. Compare water softeners, reverse osmosis drinking water and our notes on water softener repair.
A household well outside the village system is the owner’s to test. The Rock Island County Health Department provides water sampling and inspections for existing and new water supplies, with water testing available Monday through Wednesday and prices on its fee schedule; call (309) 793-1955. Our free in-home test does not cover bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, lead or PFAS; those need a certified lab. On a well we install the dual-tank system, and UV is a supplemental NSF/ANSI 55 Class B unit for water that has already tested safe, not a fix for a contaminated well. Details are on our well water treatment page.
The village report tells you what the wells produce; the free test tells you what reaches your faucet. Book the free in-home water test for hardness, iron and total dissolved solids at your kitchen sink, and we will recommend a system only if the numbers call for one. Or check the instant quote.
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Yes. We install softeners, whole-home filtration and reverse osmosis systems in Milan and repair existing equipment, including brands we did not sell. Installation is by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind. A diagnostic call is $199, and a known-issue trip is $99 plus the part.
From three village wells. The Illinois EPA source water fact sheet lists Well 3 at 453 feet and Well 5 at 485 feet in shallow bedrock, and Well 4 at 1,729 feet in deep bedrock. Milan also has two emergency interconnections with the City of Rock Island system.
No. EPA SDWIS lists aeration, hypochlorination, fluoridation, a polyphosphate corrosion inhibitor and iron sequestration for Milan's wells, with no softening. No hardness figure is published, so the free in-home test measures yours at the kitchen sink.
The 2025 consumer confidence report lists combined radium at 2.87 pCi/L (February 5, 2024) against a 5 pCi/L limit and gross alpha at 11.2 pCi/L (January 3, 2023) against 15, with no violation. Illinois EPA's records show combined radium MCL violations in 1984 and 1988 and none since 2018. Our free test does not measure radioactivity; a certified lab does.
A water softener is $2,500 all-in, or $2,850 with reverse osmosis. The XL softener is $2,800, or $3,150 with RO. Prices include equipment, installation, taxes and a lifetime parts warranty, with 0% financing and $100 off for military and first responders.
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