West Prairie Water Company, IL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Who runs the water here
West Prairie Water Company serves about 3,073 people through 1,229 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 groundwater, in Douglas County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0410030; phone on file: 217-294-1607. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
West Prairie Water Company's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Prairie Water Company is 0 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. West Prairie Water Company's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in Illinois and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Douglas County
10 other systems share Douglas County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than West Prairie Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tuscola | 4,875 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arcola | 2,927 | 0 (not detected) |
| Il American-Villa Grove | 2,467 | 3 ppb |
| Atwood | 1,155 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newman | 836 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camargo | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hindsboro | 296 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garrett | 198 | 0 (not detected) |
| Egyptian Trail Water Corp | 64 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arcola/Tuscola Water Transmissioin Main | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Arthur, IL
Look up your address in West Prairie Water Company'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 West Prairie Water Company 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.