Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm, NE
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.2 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm serves about 450 people through 61 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 Douglas County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3130005; phone on file: 303-807-2509. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 6.17 ppb from 6.03 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm is 12.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 6.03 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.58 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. Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm's 12.2 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Nebraska and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Douglas County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Utilities District | 660,000 | 12.3 ppb |
| Valley, City Of | 3,294 | 2 ppb |
| Waterloo, Village Of | 962 | 11.7 ppb |
| Maplewood Estates Mobile Home Park | 805 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Estates Water System | 675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas Co Sid 284 -Trailridge Ranches | 450 | 1.2 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 303 - Skyline Woods | 450 | 9.8 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 177 - Riverside Lakes | 330 | 3.35 ppb |
| West Military Water Company | 300 | 1.77 ppb |
| Mount Michael High School | 300 | 11.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Omaha, 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 Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.