Il American-Oakwood, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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
Il American-Oakwood serves about 1,600 people through 765 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Vermilion County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1830600; 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-Oakwood's lead record
That is up 2.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Il American-Oakwood is 2.7 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.7 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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-Oakwood's 2.4 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Illinois and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Vermilion County
19 other systems share Vermilion County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Il American-Oakwood. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Illinois-Vermilion County | 30,106 | 9 ppb |
| Hoopeston | 5,802 | 0 (not detected) |
| Georgetown | 4,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westville | 3,917 | 1.3 ppb |
| Catlin | 2,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rossville | 1,331 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ridge Farm | 973 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bismarck Community Water District | 900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairmount | 690 | 0 (not detected) |
| Potomac | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
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-Oakwood 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.