Red Bud, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 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.
About Red Bud
Red Bud serves about 3,804 people through 1,825 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Randolph County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1570450; phone on file: 618-282-3339. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.6 ppb from 3.4 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Red Bud is 7.4 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 7.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.8 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. Red Bud's 6 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Illinois and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Randolph County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Red Bud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chester | 8,407 | 2.6 ppb |
| Sparta | 4,395 | 5.2 ppb |
| Menard Correctional Center | 2,950 | - |
| Egyptian Water Company | 2,543 | 0 (not detected) |
| Steeleville | 1,960 | 2.3 ppb |
| Tilden | 1,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coulterville | 1,052 | 1.6 ppb |
| Percy | 961 | 8.3 ppb |
| Prairie Du Rocher | 759 | 7 ppb |
| Evansville | 660 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Red Bud, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Red Bud, 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 Red Bud whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.