West Side Mhp, IL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
West Side Mhp serves about 71 people through 55 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in De Witt County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL0395225; phone on file: 217-871-8046. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Side Mhp is 19.9 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 19.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 4.51 ppb |
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 Side Mhp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Illinois and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share De Witt County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Side Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton | 7,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Farmer City | 1,811 | 12.5 ppb |
| Wapella | 513 | 0 (not detected) |
| Weldon | 404 | 6.3 ppb |
| Kenney | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waynesville | 381 | 0 (not detected) |
| De Witt | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clinton, 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 West Side Mhp 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.