Vienna Correctional Center, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Vienna Correctional Center
Vienna Correctional Center serves about 501 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws surface water, in Johnson County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0875510; phone on file: 618-658-8371. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Vienna Correctional Center's lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vienna Correctional Center is 1.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Vienna Correctional Center 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. Vienna Correctional Center's 1.2 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Illinois and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Johnson County
5 other systems share Johnson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vienna Correctional Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Burnside Pwd | 2,998 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vienna | 1,618 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shawnee Correctional Center | 1,617 | 1.1 ppb |
| Goreville | 1,068 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belknap | 490 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Vienna, 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 Vienna Correctional Center 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.