Glen Ellyn, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.87 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Who runs the water here
Glen Ellyn serves about 28,500 people through 8,209 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 surface water, in Dupage County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0430450; phone on file: 630-547-5507. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (2.75 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Glen Ellyn is 3.16 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1.87 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.75 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.43 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.51 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.16 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.84 ppb |
How Glen Ellyn 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. Glen Ellyn's 1.87 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Illinois and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
47 other systems share Dupage County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Glen Ellyn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Naperville | 156,406 | 6.1 ppb |
| Wheaton | 53,970 | 2.32 ppb |
| Downers Grove | 49,425 | 4.98 ppb |
| Elmhurst | 45,000 | 5.52 ppb |
| Lombard | 44,476 | 10.6 ppb |
| Carol Stream | 39,854 | 1.05 ppb |
| Addison | 38,017 | 2 ppb |
| Woodridge | 33,566 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glendale Heights | 33,176 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Chicago | 25,166 | 0.52 ppb |
Next steps for Glen Ellyn, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Glen Ellyn, 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 Glen Ellyn 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.