Egyptian Trail Water Corp, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Egyptian Trail Water Corp at a glance
Egyptian Trail Water Corp serves about 64 people through 8 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Douglas County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0415150; phone on file: 217-294-1607. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Egyptian Trail Water Corp's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Egyptian Trail Water Corp is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Illinois systems
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. Egyptian Trail Water Corp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Illinois and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Douglas County
10 other systems share Douglas County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Egyptian Trail Water Corp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tuscola | 4,875 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Prairie Water Company | 3,073 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arcola | 2,927 | 0 (not detected) |
| Il American-Villa Grove | 2,467 | 3 ppb |
| Atwood | 1,155 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newman | 836 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camargo | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hindsboro | 296 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garrett | 198 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arcola/Tuscola Water Transmissioin Main | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Arthur, IL
Look up your address in Egyptian Trail Water Corp'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 Egyptian Trail Water Corp 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.