Milford, IL
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 21 ppb (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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Milford serves about 1,306 people through 594 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 groundwater, in Iroquois County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0750650; phone on file: 815-889-4249. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Milford's lead record
That is up 15.9 ppb from 5.1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Milford is 21 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 8 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. Milford's 21 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Illinois and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
24 other systems share Iroquois County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Milford. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Watseka | 4,767 | 3 ppb |
| Gilman | 1,793 | 2.8 ppb |
| Clifton | 1,500 | 2.2 ppb |
| Onarga | 1,409 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chebanse | 1,044 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sheldon | 900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cissna Park | 846 | 2.88 ppb |
| Ashkum | 800 | 5 ppb |
| Lake Iroquois Association | 800 | 2 ppb |
| Crescent City | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Milford, IL
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Milford 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.