Il American-Liberty Ridge West, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Il American-Liberty Ridge West
Il American-Liberty Ridge West serves about 3,307 people through 1,272 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Dupage County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0435650; 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.
Il American-Liberty Ridge West's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Il American-Liberty Ridge West is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Il American-Liberty Ridge West 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. Il American-Liberty Ridge West's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 45th percentile in Illinois and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Dupage County
47 other systems share Dupage County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Il American-Liberty Ridge West. 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) |
| Glen Ellyn | 28,500 | 1.87 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Il American-Liberty Ridge West'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 Il American-Liberty Ridge West 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.