Dixon, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Dixon
Dixon serves about 15,096 people through 5,901 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lee County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1030200; phone on file: 815-284-3009. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3.3 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dixon is 6.1 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.3 ppb |
How Dixon compares
Of the 1,744 Illinois systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 22 are over 15 ppb right now and 152 have gone over at some point. Dixon's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 52nd percentile in Illinois and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Lee County
14 other systems share Lee County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dixon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Woodhaven | 4,100 | 2.5 ppb |
| Amboy | 2,500 | 9.3 ppb |
| Dixon Correctional Center | 1,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ashton | 967 | 6.33 ppb |
| Franklin Grove | 896 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Paw | 830 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Oaks Estates Water Assoc., Inc. | 410 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rock River Estates Mhp | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sublette | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lee | 313 | 5.5 ppb |
Next steps for Dixon, IL
Look up your address in Dixon's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Dixon whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.