Santa Fe Estates Water Association, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Santa Fe Estates Water Association serves about 68 people through 27 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Peoria County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1435490. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Santa Fe Estates Water Association is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Santa Fe Estates Water Association 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. Santa Fe Estates Water Association's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Illinois and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Peoria County
19 other systems share Peoria County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Santa Fe Estates Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Il American-Peoria | 137,575 | 11 ppb |
| Chillicothe | 6,660 | 1.4 ppb |
| Peoria Heights | 5,908 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasant Valley Pwd | 3,783 | 0 (not detected) |
| T-L Rural Water District | 2,243 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elmwood | 2,058 | 1.8 ppb |
| Limestone-Walters Pwd | 2,023 | 1 ppb |
| Princeville | 1,901 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dunlap | 1,603 | 2.3 ppb |
| Hanna City | 1,253 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Chillicothe, IL
Look up your address in Santa Fe Estates Water Association'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 Santa Fe Estates Water Association 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.