IL lead service line utilities.
Use the state page when you do not know the utility yet. The real answer still lives on the local utility page, where notice language, replacement support, and cost responsibility can differ by operator.
Utility pages currently covered in IL.
Replacement support records currently surfaced for this state.
Overview, notice, program, cost, and selective support pages currently live in this state.
State pages help readers orient. Utility pages still carry the authoritative local distinctions around lead, possible lead, unknown material, and who pays.
Use the state page to narrow the right utility.
Use the state page to narrow the local operator.
The correct utility matters more than the city label alone because the inventory record, notice language, and program rules can all change by operator.
Then open the utility page.
The utility page is where the local record separates overview, notification, program, and replacement-cost questions instead of flattening them into one generic answer.
Address truth still lives with the utility.
Every directory link should end with the official address lookup, service line map, or notice page before any replacement or transaction decision gets made.
Verified utility cohort for IL.
Use these entries to find the right utility. Then open the local record for the actual answer.
City of Aurora Water Production Division
Aurora says residents can use its lead notice portal to review lead unknown galvanized and connector-unknown statuses, the city issued a 2025 action-level exceedance notice with mitigation steps, and replacement splits between no-cost city-triggered work and owner-managed early replacement where the owner still starts with the private-side contractor cost.
Lookup mode: official_lookup
Last verified 2026-04-05.
City of Bloomington Water Department
Bloomington says it is potholing properties to verify private-side material, publishes an interactive map and dashboard with lead GRR unknown and non-lead categories, and plans block-by-block replacement beginning in 2027 under a rate-funded path that still carries a city caveat on final customer-side coverage.
Lookup mode: official_lookup
Last verified 2026-04-05.
City of Chicago Department of Water Management
Chicago says homes built before 1986 have a high likelihood of a lead service line, Lead Safe Chicago routes residents to the inventory and free testing tools, and replacement help runs through 311 or [email protected] rather than a blanket citywide no-cost promise.
Lookup mode: official_lookup
Last verified 2026-04-04.
City of Evanston Water Production Bureau
Evanston says its public service line map identifies potentially affected properties, the city submitted a draft replacement plan in April 2025, no-additional-cost replacement is already active in project areas, and a separate homeowner-initiated path offers reimbursement plus waived permit fees.
Lookup mode: service_area_notes
Last verified 2026-04-05.
City of Joliet Department of Public Utilities
Joliet says it maintains an interactive water service inventory map, proactively replaces lead lines at no cost when leak repair elevated test results or water main rehabilitation trigger the program, and provides point-of-use pitchers at no cost in several elevated-risk situations.
Lookup mode: official_lookup
Last verified 2026-04-05.
City of Rockford Water Division
Rockford says customers can use its interactive service line map, submit a digital survey to improve private-side material records, request free annual lead testing, and coordinate full replacement where the owner covers the private side while the city replaces the public segment at the same time.
Lookup mode: official_lookup
Last verified 2026-04-05.
Statewide support still flows through utility pages.
The state program page is useful when the question is which utilities in this state have verified support? It is not a replacement for the local utility record.
Use the rollup when funding is the first question.
Once the program or reimbursement path matters more than the inventory label itself, open the state program page and then move back into the matching utility page.