Warrenville, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.58 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
Warrenville at a glance
Warrenville serves about 12,350 people through 5,037 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dupage County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0430833; phone on file: 630-393-9050. 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 2025 (1.65 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Warrenville is 4.67 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 1.58 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.65 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.66 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.41 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.41 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.67 ppb |
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. Warrenville's 1.58 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Illinois and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
47 other systems share Dupage County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Warrenville. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Naperville | 156,406 | 6.1 ppb |
| Wheaton | 53,970 | 2.32 ppb |
| Downers Grove | 49,425 | 4.98 ppb |
| Elmhurst | 45,000 | 5.52 ppb |
| Lombard | 44,476 | 10.6 ppb |
| Carol Stream | 39,854 | 1.05 ppb |
| Addison | 38,017 | 2 ppb |
| Woodridge | 33,566 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glendale Heights | 33,176 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Ellyn | 28,500 | 1.87 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Warrenville, 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 Warrenville 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.