Port Byron’s drinking water record is dominated by one mineral. Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch lists 18 quarterly manganese violations at the treatment point for the village’s Well 4, running from October 2021 through September 2026, with results between 160 and 200 micrograms per liter against Illinois’s limit of 150. U.S. EPA does not regulate manganese — the limit is the state’s — and the most recent entry, for July through September 2026, reads 193 µg/L.
Kind Water Co puts in water softeners, whole-home filtration and reverse osmosis drinking-water systems for Port Byron households, and we service and repair existing systems, including brands we did not sell. For properties on their own well, we build complete well systems for acreages. The installation itself is done by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind.
The first step is a free in-home water test at your kitchen sink. It measures hardness, iron and total dissolved solids; it does not measure manganese, which needs a certified laboratory. Travel costs nothing for the first 50 miles and $1 a mile past that, quoted before you agree. Book the free in-home water test, or get an instant quote if you want a number first. Own a softener that has stopped keeping up? Our water softener repair guide covers what usually goes wrong.
| Port Byron at a glance | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Who supplies the water | The Village of Port Byron, PWSID IL1610550; EPA SDWIS lists 1,678 people served and 498 service connections |
| Where it comes from | Groundwater from three active village wells (Wells 3, 4 and 5), which the Illinois EPA source water assessment describes as constructed in a confined aquifer |
| Softened at the plant? | No. EPA SDWIS lists eight treatment records at two treatment points, and none carries a softening objective |
| Published hardness | None published. No hardness figure appears in the village water quality report we could open (2019) or in Illinois EPA’s analyte list for the system |
The violations all sit at one facility, the treatment point Illinois EPA names “TP 02-Well 4.” The quarterly results in the state record are 190 µg/L for October–December 2021; 180, 190, 160 and 180 across 2022; 190, 180 and 193 for the first three quarters of 2023; 182.5, 175, 188 and 188 across 2024; 180, 187.5 and 193 for the first three quarters of 2025; and 200, 200 and 193 for the first three quarters of 2026.
Most entries are coded as state-only MCL violations, which fits the standard: the village’s 2019 water quality report notes that manganese is not regulated by U.S. EPA but is regulated by the state, at 150 ppb. EPA’s federal SDWIS copy carries the April–June 2025 result, 187.5 µg/L, as a health-based MCL violation returned to compliance on January 15, 2026. The state record also lists a formal notice of violation issued December 30, 2021 and an administrative order without penalty issued April 6, 2022. EPA’s federal treatment inventory, as it stands, lists no iron or manganese treatment objective at either of Port Byron’s treatment points.
For a homeowner, this is a record about one well’s treatment point, not a measurement from your tap. Our free test does not measure manganese, and we do not claim that any system on this page is certified to remove it. For the latest quarterly results, call Port Byron Village Hall at (309) 523-3705 or open the state record linked in the sources below.
Illinois EPA’s facility list shows three active wells. Well 4 has its own treatment point; Wells 3 and 5 share a second one, and the state’s sampling record lists Well 3 at 155 gallons per minute. A fourth, Well 2, was sealed and abandoned in October 2008. Storage is a 0.15-million-gallon elevated tank.
The village’s 2019 water quality report quotes the Illinois EPA source water assessment: the wells are constructed in a confined aquifer, the source water is not considered susceptible to contamination, and the supply was found not vulnerable to viral contamination. That report lists iron at 0.52 ppm against the state’s 1.0 ppm limit, sodium at 24 ppm and arsenic at 1.5 ppb against a 10 ppb limit, all without a violation. It is the most recent Port Byron report we could open, so later figures may differ.
Apart from manganese, the violations logged since 2018 are procedural. In the reporting category: a Consumer Confidence Report violation in 2020, report-adequacy violations for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and a 2025 lead service line notification item under the revised Lead and Copper Rule. In the monitoring category: a missed manganese sampling round for July–September 2021, returned to compliance that October, and Lead and Copper Rule tap-sampling violations for the second half of 2025 and the first half of 2026. The public-notice category holds a state-only notice violation from late 2021 and two notice-rule entries in 2026. None of these is a contaminant measurement.
One search trap: Byron, Illinois is a different town with its own water system (PWSID IL1410100), so Byron reports and news say nothing about Port Byron’s wells.
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The village manganese record covers Port Byron’s public wells only; it says nothing about a private well on an acreage outside town, and nobody tests a private well but its 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.
Port Byron publishes no hardness number, and the state record describes a treatment point rather than your faucet. We measure hardness, iron and total dissolved solids at your kitchen sink, explain what the numbers mean, and tell you if you do not need a thing. Book the free in-home water test or get an instant quote.
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Illinois EPA’s Drinking Water Watch lists 18 quarterly manganese MCL violations at the treatment point for Well 4, from October 2021 through September 2026, with results from 160 to 200 micrograms per liter against Illinois’s 150 µg/L limit. The latest, for July to September 2026, is 193 µg/L. U.S. EPA does not regulate manganese; the limit is Illinois’s.
No. The free in-home test measures hardness, iron and total dissolved solids. Manganese, bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, lead and PFAS need a certified laboratory. For the village’s latest quarterly results, call Port Byron Village Hall at (309) 523-3705.
No. EPA SDWIS lists eight treatment records at Port Byron’s two treatment points and none carries a softening objective, and no hardness figure is published. Our free test measures the hardness at your own kitchen sink.
Yes. We repair and maintain existing softeners and reverse osmosis systems, including brands we did not sell, with a $199 diagnostic call or a $99 known-issue trip plus the part. A new softener is $2,500 all-in, installed by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind.
The Rock Island County Health Department offers water sampling for existing and new water supplies, with testing available Monday through Wednesday, at (309) 793-1955. Once your well has tested safe, we build well systems: a dual-tank system is $3,450, or $3,800 with tank RO.
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