Lick Creek Pwd, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Lick Creek Pwd
Lick Creek Pwd serves about 2,365 people through 946 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Union County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1815100; phone on file: 618-833-3622. 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 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lick Creek Pwd is 1.7 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Lick Creek Pwd's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Illinois and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Union County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lick Creek Pwd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | 4,910 | 1.7 ppb |
| Jonesboro | 1,799 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cobden | 1,267 | 4.1 ppb |
| Alto Pass Water District | 1,015 | 3 ppb |
| Shawnee Valley Pwd | 738 | 1 ppb |
| Dongola | 736 | 2.65 ppb |
| Choate Mhc | 533 | 0 (not detected) |
| Anna-Jonesboro Water Commission | 28 | 2.64 ppb |
Next steps for Buncombe, IL
Look up your address in Lick Creek Pwd'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 Lick Creek Pwd 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.