133 Estates, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.72 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
133 Estates at a glance
133 Estates serves about 61 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3120574; phone on file: 402-426-4888. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.04 ppb from 0.68 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for 133 Estates is 3.72 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.72 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.68 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.63 ppb |
Against other Nebraska systems
Of the 576 Nebraska systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.55 ppb; 7 are over 15 ppb right now and 29 have gone over at some point. 133 Estates's 3.72 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Nebraska and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Washington County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than 133 Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Blair, City Of | 8,000 | 1.59 ppb |
| Washington Co Rural Water 1 | 2,009 | 4.1 ppb |
| Lakeland Estates Water Company | 1,552 | 2.3 ppb |
| Arlington, Village Of | 1,350 | 1.45 ppb |
| Kennard, Village Of | 1,350 | 9.6 ppb |
| Washington Co Rural Water 2 | 1,218 | 1.7 ppb |
| Fort Calhoun, City Of | 1,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Estates Mobile Home Park | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Herman, Village Of | 268 | 4.8 ppb |
| Shannon Estates | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Blair, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blair, NE 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 133 Estates 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.