Fountain Valley Mhp, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Fountain Valley Mhp
Fountain Valley Mhp serves about 375 people through 155 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Champaign County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0195945; phone on file: 217-433-0685. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (2.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fountain Valley Mhp is 11 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 11 ppb over 10 |
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. Fountain Valley Mhp's 2.8 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Illinois and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Champaign County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fountain Valley Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Il American-Champaign | 150,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rantoul | 13,000 | 2.2 ppb |
| U Of I-Champaign | 13,000 | 2.3 ppb |
| Mahomet | 7,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sangamon Valley Pwd | 5,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Il American-Tolono | 3,604 | 1 ppb |
| Il American-Fisher | 2,026 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Illinois-Philo | 1,378 | 0 (not detected) |
| Homer | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Thomasboro | 1,066 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rantoul, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rantoul, IL may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Fountain Valley Mhp 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.