Sherwood Shores Condominiums, IL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 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.
About Sherwood Shores Condominiums
Sherwood Shores Condominiums serves about 90 people through 36 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Berrien County, Illinois. EPA system ID: MI0006042; phone on file: 708-207-7059. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Sherwood Shores Condominiums's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sherwood Shores Condominiums is 99 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 99 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 45 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 50 ppb over 15 |
How Sherwood Shores Condominiums 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. Sherwood Shores Condominiums's 1 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Illinois and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Berrien County
1 other system shares Berrien County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sherwood Shores Condominiums. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chalet Du Paw Paw Condominiums | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lemont, 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 Sherwood Shores Condominiums 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.