Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc., IL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc. at a glance
Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc. serves about 695 people through 278 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Macoupin County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1170010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc.'s lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc. is 25 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 25 ppb over 15 |
Where this result ranks
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. Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Illinois and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Macoupin County
29 other systems share Macoupin County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Carlinville | 6,598 | 0 (not detected) |
| Staunton | 5,756 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brighton | 5,041 | 2.8 ppb |
| Gillespie | 3,737 | 0 (not detected) |
| Virden | 3,274 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Olive | 2,193 | 9.9 ppb |
| Girard | 1,885 | 2.7 ppb |
| Central Macoupin County Rwd | 1,883 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bunker Hill | 1,760 | 1 ppb |
| Benld | 1,612 | 0.1 ppb |
Next steps for Palmyra, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Palmyra, 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 Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc. 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.