Il American-Apple Canyon, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.6 ppb (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. 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 Il American-Apple Canyon
Il American-Apple Canyon serves about 931 people through 931 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0855150; phone on file: 618-874-2408. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (3.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Il American-Apple Canyon is 3.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.8 ppb |
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. Il American-Apple Canyon's 3.6 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Illinois and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jo Daviess County
13 other systems share Jo Daviess County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Il American-Apple Canyon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Galena | 3,308 | 4.35 ppb |
| Il American-Galena | 2,294 | 11 ppb |
| Stockton | 1,728 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Dubuque | 1,565 | 0 (not detected) |
| Warren | 1,323 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hanover | 863 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elizabeth | 802 | 0 (not detected) |
| Il American-Bahl Water Company | 700 | 2 ppb |
| Mount Vernon Association Inc | 438 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scales Mound | 436 | 4.82 ppb |
Next steps for Godfrey, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Godfrey, 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 Il American-Apple Canyon 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.