Rushville, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Rushville at a glance
Rushville serves about 3,375 people through 1,726 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 Schuyler County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1690200; phone on file: 217-490-3446. 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 (3.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rushville is 4.1 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 ppb |
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. Rushville's 4.1 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Illinois and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Schuyler County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rushville. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hickory-Kerton Wtr Coop | 2,358 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camden-Littleton Water Commission | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dhs Rushville Treatment And Detention | 565 | 0 (not detected) |
| Browning | 117 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rushville, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rushville, 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 Rushville 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.