River Grove, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.09 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
River Grove serves about 10,282 people through 2,620 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Cook County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0312640; phone on file: 708-452-7055. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
River Grove's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (6.38 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for River Grove is 9.81 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.09 ppb |
| 2025 | 6.38 ppb |
| 2023 | 9.81 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.86 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.46 ppb |
How River Grove 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. River Grove's 6.09 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Illinois and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
154 other systems share Cook County; 40 of them have a higher latest lead result than River Grove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 2,721,308 | 6.4 ppb |
| Cicero | 83,000 | 5 ppb |
| Schaumburg | 75,750 | 0.87 ppb |
| Evanston | 74,486 | 6.5 ppb |
| Arlington Heights | 73,320 | 7.6 ppb |
| Palatine | 70,875 | 8.9 ppb |
| Skokie | 66,422 | 9.77 ppb |
| Des Plaines | 60,675 | 5.7 ppb |
| Oak Lawn | 58,362 | 9.3 ppb |
| Orland Park | 58,020 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; River Grove, 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 River Grove 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.