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Lead in Illinois

Of the 1,718 water suppliers tested for Lead in Illinois, 19 exceeded the lead action level (1.1%).

1.1%
of suppliers exceeded the lead action level
1,718
suppliers tested

What is Lead?

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water suppliers

Lead value per supplier, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Suppliers that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SupplierCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
Highwood Highwood 5,335 0.0760 mg/L
Lamoille La Moille 660 0.0548 mg/L
Elgin Elgin 114,797 0.0530 mg/L
Le Roy Le Roy 3,498 0.0490 mg/L
Wm W Fox Development Center Dwight 174 0.0440 mg/L
Maple Knoll — 90 0.0440 mg/L
Lockport Lockport 23,100 0.0300 mg/L
Lake Forest Lake Forest 19,642 0.0280 mg/L
Princeton Princeton 7,832 0.0270 mg/L
Riverview Estates — 375 0.0250 mg/L
Lynn Water Association, Inc Lynn Center 100 0.0250 mg/L
Aurora Aurora 183,000 0.0240 mg/L
Bartlett Bartlett 41,500 0.0226 mg/L
Lemont Lemont 17,500 0.0200 mg/L
Blackhawk College East Campus Galva 80 0.0190 mg/L
Country Manor — 190 0.0186 mg/L
Mountain Vale Village Mhp Conway 388 0.0180 mg/L
Morton Grove Morton Grove 25,297 0.0176 mg/L
Northfield Northfield 5,470 0.0170 mg/L
Meredosia Meredosia 1,075 0.0150 mg/L
Vandalia Correctional Center Vandalia 700 0.0150 mg/L
Lake Barrington Lake Barrington 500 0.0150 mg/L
Maple Hill Estates — 490 0.0150 mg/L
Valley View Manor Rantoul 120 0.0150 mg/L
Loraine Loraine 300 0.0147 mg/L
Burnham Burnham 3,989 0.0142 mg/L
Homewood Homewood 19,463 0.0140 mg/L
Greenville Greenville 8,310 0.0140 mg/L
Dwight Dwight 4,400 0.0140 mg/L
Washburn Washburn 1,032 0.0139 mg/L
Alexis Alexis 836 0.0139 mg/L
Cherry Cherry 490 0.0138 mg/L
Greenup Greenup 1,513 0.0135 mg/L
Anchor Anchor 160 0.0135 mg/L
Dekalb De Kalb 40,290 0.0130 mg/L
U of I-Champaign Urbana 13,000 0.0130 mg/L
Crete Crete 8,275 0.0130 mg/L
Caterpillar Trail Pwd Eureka 5,125 0.0130 mg/L
Il American-River Grange — 62 0.0130 mg/L
New Baden New Baden 4,178 0.0126 mg/L
Calumet City Calumet City 37,000 0.0124 mg/L
Ullin Ullin 496 0.0124 mg/L
Lebanon Lebanon 4,714 0.0122 mg/L
Lanark Lanark 1,504 0.0122 mg/L
Bone Gap Bone Gap 207 0.0122 mg/L
Towners Subdivision Mundelein 206 0.0121 mg/L
Freeport Freeport 23,930 0.0120 mg/L
Grayslake Grays Lake 21,248 0.0120 mg/L
Plano Plano 12,600 0.0120 mg/L
La Grange Highlands Sanitary District Lagrange 6,600 0.0120 mg/L
Farmer City Farmer City 1,811 0.0120 mg/L
Oak Grove Mhp - Rock Island County West Milan 138 0.0120 mg/L
Mount Erie Mount Erie 128 0.0120 mg/L
Bradley Heights Subdivision Rockford 82 0.0118 mg/L
Matherville Mathersville 651 0.0116 mg/L
Martinsville Martinsville 1,200 0.0114 mg/L
West Frankfort West Frankfort 8,650 0.0113 mg/L
Lombard Lombard 44,476 0.0112 mg/L
Des Plaines Des Plaines 60,675 0.0111 mg/L
Northbrook Northbrook 34,407 0.0110 mg/L
Highland Park Highland Park 30,176 0.0110 mg/L
Carlyle Carlyle 3,373 0.0110 mg/L
Casey Casey 3,274 0.0110 mg/L
Prairie Path Water Company-Galena Galena 2,294 0.0110 mg/L
Okawville Okawville 1,457 0.0110 mg/L
Ipava Ipava 447 0.0110 mg/L
Harvel Harvel 191 0.0110 mg/L
Timber Ridge Sbdv — 90 0.0110 mg/L
Leyden Twsp Water District Franklin Park 10,000 0.0107 mg/L
Colfax Colfax 989 0.0107 mg/L
Wenona Wenona 974 0.0107 mg/L
Ports Sullivan Lake Owners Association Lakemoor 293 0.0107 mg/L
Herscher Herscher 1,600 0.0106 mg/L
Peru Peru 10,300 0.0105 mg/L
Teutopolis Teutopolis 2,018 0.0104 mg/L
East Moline East Moline 21,374 0.0100 mg/L
Herrin Herrin 12,747 0.0100 mg/L
Westville Westville 3,917 0.0100 mg/L
Menard Correctional Center Menard 2,950 0.0100 mg/L
Pecatonica Pecatonica 2,195 0.0100 mg/L
Sandoval Sandoval 1,422 0.0100 mg/L
Steward Steward 238 0.0100 mg/L
St Augustine St Augustine 119 0.0100 mg/L
Polo Dr and Saddle Rd Subdivision Wheaton 93 0.0100 mg/L
Blue Island Blue Island 21,494 0.010 mg/L
Niles Niles 29,350 0.0099 mg/L
Wilmette Wilmette 27,087 0.0099 mg/L
Glenview Glenview 47,856 0.0098 mg/L
Wauconda Wauconda 15,349 0.0096 mg/L
Ilcv Candle Mhp, Llc Coal Valley 148 0.0096 mg/L
Carbondale Carbondale 22,107 0.0095 mg/L
Amboy Amboy 2,500 0.0093 mg/L
Golf Golf 497 0.0093 mg/L
Central Stickney Sd Burbank 2,400 0.0092 mg/L
Barrington Barrington 10,327 0.0092 mg/L
Zion Zion 24,442 0.0091 mg/L
Mount Carmel Mount Carmel 7,015 0.0091 mg/L
Litchfield Litchfield 6,648 0.0091 mg/L
Fountain Water District Valmeyer 3,650 0.0091 mg/L
Bellwood Bellwood 19,156 0.0091 mg/L