Whispering Pines Apts, IL
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.59 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2021). 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.
Whispering Pines Apts at a glance
Whispering Pines Apts serves about 30 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Kenosha County, Illinois. EPA system ID: WI2300786. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Whispering Pines Apts is 19.87 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.21 ppb |
| 2018 | 19.87 ppb over 15 |
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. Whispering Pines Apts's 0.59 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Illinois and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Kenosha County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Whispering Pines Apts. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Knolls Water Cooperative | 400 | 1.45 ppb |
| Lakecrest Shores Llc | 88 | 2.69 ppb |
| Silver Oak Apts | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodland Estates Mhc 1 | 50 | 0.14 ppb |
| Woodland Estates Mhc 2 | 50 | 0.77 ppb |
| Holy Hill Apartments | 32 | 0.8 ppb |
| 337-9 Holy Hill Apartments Llc | 30 | 0.79 ppb |
| 425 Holy Hill Apts | 28 | 0.62 ppb |
Next steps for Hawthorn Woods, IL
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hawthorn Woods, 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 Whispering Pines Apts 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.