Cortland, Village Of, NE
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Cortland, Village Of
Cortland, Village Of serves about 515 people through 233 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Gage County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3106706; phone on file: 402-429-2480. 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 down 1.18 ppb from 1.18 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cortland, Village Of is 2.48 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.18 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.48 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. Cortland, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Nebraska and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Gage County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cortland, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrice, City Of | 12,220 | 1.72 ppb |
| Wymore, City Of | 1,656 | 2 ppb |
| Lower Big Blue Nrd - Wymore | 856 | 1.88 ppb |
| Adams, Village Of | 606 | 1.06 ppb |
| Odell, Village Of | 320 | 0.85 ppb |
| Clatonia, Village Of | 310 | 3.6 ppb |
| Blue Springs, City Of | 280 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pickrell, Village Of | 201 | 0.95 ppb |
| Filley, Village Of | 140 | 5.6 ppb |
| Lower Big Blue Nrd - Beatrice West | 126 | 1.81 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Cortland, Village Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Cortland, Village Of 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.