Wilmington, IL
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.99 ppb (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. 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 Wilmington
Wilmington serves about 5,700 people through 2,471 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Will County, Illinois. EPA system ID: IL1971100; phone on file: 815-476-3104. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.73 ppb from 2.26 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wilmington is 4.99 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.99 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.26 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.43 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.49 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.1 ppb |
How Wilmington 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. Wilmington's 4.99 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Illinois and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
49 other systems share Will County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wilmington. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Joliet | 160,000 | 6.53 ppb |
| Il American-West Suburban | 73,978 | 0 (not detected) |
| Romeoville | 50,458 | 8.22 ppb |
| Plainfield | 50,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Lenox | 29,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Il American-Homer Township | 24,543 | 0 (not detected) |
| Frankfort | 24,000 | 0.98 ppb |
| Lockport | 23,100 | 7.6 ppb |
| Crest Hill | 20,223 | 2.14 ppb |
| Mokena | 19,887 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wilmington, 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 Wilmington 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.