Gering, City Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.72 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.
Gering, City Of at a glance
Gering, City Of serves about 8,500 people through 3,666 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3115717; phone on file: 308-436-5096. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.18 ppb from 3.9 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gering, City Of is 3.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.72 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.38 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.23 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. Gering, City Of's 2.72 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Nebraska and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Scotts Bluff County
10 other systems share Scotts Bluff County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gering, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Scottsbluff, City Of | 14,282 | 3.2 ppb |
| Mitchell, City Of | 1,526 | 3.15 ppb |
| Western Ne Joint Water Board | 1,368 | - |
| Terrytown, City Of | 1,143 | 1.5 ppb |
| Morrill, Village Of | 934 | 0 (not detected) |
| Minatare, City Of | 809 | 1.06 ppb |
| Lyman, Village Of | 325 | 2.45 ppb |
| Henry, Village Of | 163 | 0.37 ppb |
| Scotts Bluff Co Sid 10 - Wildcat Hills | 150 | 0.95 ppb |
| Scotts Bluff Co Sid 13 (Hilyard Subd) | 28 | 1.8 ppb |
Next steps for Gering, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gering, 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 Gering, City 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. 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.