St Jacob, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About St Jacob
St Jacob serves about 2,008 people through 815 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 Madison County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1190950; phone on file: 618-978-3226. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St Jacob is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How St Jacob 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. St Jacob's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 41st percentile in Illinois and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Madison County
35 other systems share Madison County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Jacob. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Il American-Alton | 46,127 | 3 ppb |
| Il American-Granite City | 33,572 | 6 ppb |
| Collinsville | 30,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Edwardsville | 26,808 | 0 (not detected) |
| Troy | 16,962 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bethalto | 15,210 | 1.2 ppb |
| Glen Carbon | 12,618 | 0 (not detected) |
| Highland | 10,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wood River | 10,464 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maryville | 10,150 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for St. Jacob, IL
Look up your address in St Jacob'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 St Jacob 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.