Sesser, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.27 ppb (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. 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.
About Sesser
Sesser serves about 2,556 people through 1,022 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 surface water, in Franklin County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0550450; phone on file: 618-625-3611. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Sesser's lead record
That is up 3.27 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sesser is 3.27 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.27 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. Sesser's 3.27 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Illinois and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Franklin County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sesser. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Frankfort | 8,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Benton | 8,104 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rend Lake Inter-City Water System | 3,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Christopher | 3,072 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenwood-Creek Nation Water Company | 2,530 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ewing-Ina Water Commission | 2,393 | 0 (not detected) |
| Akin Water District | 2,368 | 0 (not detected) |
| Zeigler | 1,774 | 0 (not detected) |
| Valier | 1,182 | 0 (not detected) |
| Royalton | 1,118 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Sesser, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sesser, 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 Sesser 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.