Savanna, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Savanna at a glance
Savanna serves about 3,020 people through 1,558 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Carroll County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0150250; phone on file: 815-590-8987. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Savanna is 3.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3.5 ppb |
How Savanna 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. Savanna's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in Illinois and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Carroll County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Savanna. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Thomson Maximum Security Center | 2,166 | - |
| Lanark | 1,504 | 5.1 ppb |
| Mount Carroll | 1,479 | 1.1 ppb |
| Milledgeville | 989 | 5.45 ppb |
| Shannon | 801 | 0 (not detected) |
| Thomson | 600 | 0.59 ppb |
| Chadwick | 523 | 5.33 ppb |
| Mountain Vale Village Mhp | 388 | - |
| Carroll Heights Utilities Company | 80 | 3 ppb |
Next steps for Savanna, IL
Look up your address in Savanna'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 Savanna 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.