Living in Bowling Green Township, IL: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2023 is still open for the Herrick water system, which supplies Bowling Green Township. The ER is a drive from Bowling Green Township: the closest is Pana Community Hospital, 15 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bowling Green Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Bowling Green Township.
Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bowling Green Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 45% of Ameren Illinois Company’s home customers do, and Ameren Illinois Company still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Herrick water system
The Herrick water system supplies Bowling Green Township: about 11% of residents live in its service area. About 89% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 358 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), beginning Apr 2023. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2023: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 3.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.5 ppb. That’s higher than 83% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL1730150.
Which providers serve Bowling Green Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Bowling Green Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Bowling Green Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bowling Green Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bowling Green Township is in Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Bowling Green Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bowling Green Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bowling Green Township | ZIP’s residents in Bowling Green Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62431 | Herrick, IL | 70% | 28% |
| 62422 | Cowden, IL | 30% | 12% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bowling Green Township
Who supplies Bowling Green Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Herrick water system (EPA ID IL1730150). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.1 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bowling Green Township?
Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Bowling Green Township?
62431 (70%), 62422 (30%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bowling Green Township in?
Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A.
How do I register to vote in Bowling Green Township?
In Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Fayette County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.