Dodge, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
About Dodge, Village Of
Dodge, Village Of serves about 612 people through 282 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 Dodge County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3105307; phone on file: 402-693-2239. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (3.23 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dodge, Village Of is 8.39 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.23 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.47 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.08 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.13 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.39 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.41 ppb |
| 2016 | 7.77 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Dodge, Village Of's 3 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Nebraska and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Dodge County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dodge, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fremont, City Of | 27,230 | 0.93 ppb |
| North Bend, City Of | 1,279 | 3.81 ppb |
| Scribner, City Of | 857 | 2.7 ppb |
| Hooper, City Of | 852 | 0.89 ppb |
| Snyder, Village Of | 300 | 9.1 ppb |
| Green Acres Mobile Home Park | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Uehling, Village Of | 241 | 6.5 ppb |
| Dodge Co Sid #3 - Lake Ventura | 200 | 1.2 ppb |
| Peaceful Acres | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dodge, 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 Dodge, Village Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1575 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.