Deweese, Village Of, NE
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2019-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 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 Deweese, Village Of
Deweese, Village Of serves about 58 people through 41 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Clay County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3120030; phone on file: 402-469-1059. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Deweese, Village Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2018 (0.79 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deweese, Village Of is 0.79 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0.79 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. Deweese, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Nebraska and the 4th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Clay County
8 other systems share Clay County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deweese, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sutton, City Of | 1,447 | 3.33 ppb |
| Harvard, City Of | 1,000 | 0.67 ppb |
| Clay Center, City Of | 730 | 3.88 ppb |
| Edgar, City Of | 428 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glenvil, Village Of | 350 | 1.6 ppb |
| Fairfield, City Of | 333 | 1.65 ppb |
| Trumbull, Village Of | 194 | 1.25 ppb |
| Ong, Village Of | 48 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Deweese, 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 Deweese, 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.