Gibbon, City Of, NE
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Gibbon, City Of serves about 1,878 people through 648 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: NE3101907; phone on file: 308-468-6118. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 8.59 ppb from 1.61 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gibbon, City Of is 17.9 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 1.61 ppb |
| 2025 | 17.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 2.44 ppb |
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.92 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.92 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.62 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.62 ppb |
| 2016 | 13 ppb over 10 |
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. Gibbon, City Of's 10.2 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Nebraska and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Buffalo County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Gibbon, City 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 |
| Ravenna, City Of | 1,457 | 2.5 ppb |
| Shelton, Village Of | 1,059 | 1.6 ppb |
| Elm Creek, Village Of | 901 | 2.23 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gibbon, 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 Gibbon, 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. 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.