Roberts, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Roberts serves about 367 people through 220 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ford County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0530350; phone on file: 217-395-2600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Roberts's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Roberts is 13.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 13.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Illinois systems
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. Roberts's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Illinois and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Ford County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Roberts. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Paxton | 4,200 | 1.8 ppb |
| Gibson City | 3,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Piper City | 875 | 7.43 ppb |
| Elliott | 269 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cabery | 266 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sibley | 245 | 0 (not detected) |
| Melvin | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kempton | 177 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stelle Community Assn | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beacon Paxton Llc | 55 | 2.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Roberts'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 Roberts 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.