Herman, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.8 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Herman, Village Of serves about 268 people through 140 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 Washington County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3117908; phone on file: 402-456-7500. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Herman, Village Of's lead record
That is up 2.73 ppb from 2.07 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Herman, Village Of is 6.55 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.07 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.27 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.55 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. Herman, Village Of's 4.8 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Nebraska and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Washington County
10 other systems share Washington County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Herman, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Blair, City Of | 8,000 | 1.59 ppb |
| Washington Co Rural Water 1 | 2,009 | 4.1 ppb |
| Lakeland Estates Water Company | 1,552 | 2.3 ppb |
| Arlington, Village Of | 1,350 | 1.45 ppb |
| Kennard, Village Of | 1,350 | 9.6 ppb |
| Washington Co Rural Water 2 | 1,218 | 1.7 ppb |
| Fort Calhoun, City Of | 1,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Estates Mobile Home Park | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shannon Estates | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| 133 Estates | 61 | 3.72 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Herman, 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 Herman, Village Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2220 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.