Ingalls Park, IL tap water
Supplied mostly by East Moreland Wtr Service Assn, plus 4 other utilities. Here's what the water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine or chloramine
Utilities here use chlorine or chloramine, depending on which one serves your address. Chlorine slowly gases off from standing water; chloramine doesn't.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Ammonia (with conditioner)
Estimate0.24–0.49 ppm (Low)
Typical 0.44 ppm
This is what a conditioner frees when it breaks the chloramine apart. A cycled filter clears it within a day.
Estimated from the chloramine level City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities reports (2025).
Nitrite (NO₂)
Not detected (Low)
Not detected in testing, so any nitrite in your tank comes from the tank itself.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Nitrate (NO₃)
Up to 6.7 ppm (Low)
Typical 3.4 ppm
Low, so water changes lower your tank's nitrate well.
From EPA monitoring data; Chicago, which supplies New Lenox; City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities' 2025 water quality report; Joliet, which supplies Aqua Illinois-Oakview (2012–2025).
Copper at home taps (first draw)
1.01 ppm (High)
The 90th percentile of first-draw samples from homes: water that sat in household pipes for at least six hours.
Shrimp and snails are sensitive to copper. Water that sits in household pipes picks up the most; it drops once the tap has run for a minute.
Published by your utility: City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities' 2025 water quality report.
Chlorine or chloramine at the tap
1–2 ppm
Typical 1.8 ppm
At tap levels, chlorine and chloramine are toxic to fish, shrimp and the bacteria in a filter. Water conditioners are made for this range.
Published by your utility: City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities' 2025 water quality report.
Water chemistry
General hardness
Supplier's figure130–377 ppm
Typical 291 ppm
Hard. Ideal for livebearers and African cichlids. Soft-water species may struggle to breed.
From the utility that supplies yours: Chicago, which supplies New Lenox; City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities' website; Joliet, which supplies Aqua Illinois-Oakview.
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
116–403 ppm
Typical 320 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From EPA monitoring data; Chicago, which supplies New Lenox; Joliet, which supplies Aqua Illinois-Oakview (2017–2019).
pH
Supplier's figure7.9–8.4
Typical 8.1
Alkaline. Many utilities raise pH to protect pipes. Stability matters more than the exact number.
From the utility that supplies yours: Oak Lawn, which supplies New Lenox (2017).
Total dissolved solids
Area estimate177–1220 ppm
Typical 475 ppm
A rough measure of everything dissolved in the water. RO water reads near 0, so TDS is a quick way to compare waters.
Area estimate from nearby wells: USGS well samples in your county (2007–2017).
- New Lenox, City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities and Aqua Illinois-Oakview add phosphate to protect pipes. It can feed algae in tanks without much plant growth.
Who supplies Ingalls Park, IL
East Moreland Wtr Service Assn
Serves 44% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
New Lenox
Serves 14% of residents · Buys water from Tinley Park · Chlorine
- 2025 water quality report
City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities
Serves 14% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chloramine
Aqua Illinois-Oakview
Serves 13% of residents · Buys water from Joliet · Chlorine
Ingalls Park Subdivision
Serves 8% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
Our data comes from public records and is still incomplete. Many utilities don't publish every number, so we're adding more all the time. Your city's range is a starting point: testing your own tap is the only way to know exactly what's in it.
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