Il American-Wildwood, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Il American-Wildwood at a glance
Il American-Wildwood serves about 490 people through 196 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Winnebago County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL2015400; 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
That is up 1.7 ppb from 0.9 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Il American-Wildwood is 2.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Il American-Wildwood 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-Wildwood's 2.6 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Illinois and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Winnebago County
22 other systems share Winnebago County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Il American-Wildwood. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rockford | 147,051 | 10 ppb |
| North Park Pwd | 35,580 | 2.3 ppb |
| Loves Park | 23,335 | 2.1 ppb |
| Il American-South Beloit | 7,893 | 4 ppb |
| Rockton | 7,863 | 3.2 ppb |
| Cherry Valley | 4,731 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winnebago | 2,940 | 0 (not detected) |
| Otter Creek Lake Utilities District | 2,342 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pecatonica | 2,195 | 2.6 ppb |
| Il American-Westlake | 1,493 | 1 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-Wildwood 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.