Elm Creek, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.23 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Elm Creek, Village Of at a glance
Elm Creek, Village Of serves about 901 people through 446 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 Buffalo County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3101908; phone on file: 308-856-1005. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elm Creek, Village Of is 2.51 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.23 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.35 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.51 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. Elm Creek, Village Of's 2.23 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in Nebraska and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Buffalo County
14 other systems share Buffalo County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elm Creek, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kearney, City Of | 34,000 | 5.48 ppb |
| Gibbon, City Of | 1,878 | 10.2 ppb |
| Ravenna, City Of | 1,457 | 2.5 ppb |
| Shelton, Village Of | 1,059 | 1.6 ppb |
| Buffalo Co Sid 3 - Glenwood Estates | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasanton, Village Of | 367 | 1.13 ppb |
| Amherst, Village Of | 295 | 3.65 ppb |
| Riverdale, Village Of | 210 | 6.1 ppb |
| Sunset View Mobile Home Park | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Miller, Village Of | 136 | 11 ppb |
Next steps for Elm Creek, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Elm Creek, 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 Elm Creek, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.