Kennard, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9.6 ppb (monitoring period 2019-2021). 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.
Kennard, Village Of at a glance
Kennard, Village Of serves about 1,350 people through 169 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 surface water, in Washington County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3117906; phone on file: 402-427-7311. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 8.63 ppb from 0.97 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kennard, Village Of is 9.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.97 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.76 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. Kennard, Village Of's 9.6 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Nebraska and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Washington County
10 other systems share Washington County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kennard, 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 |
| 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) |
| Herman, Village Of | 268 | 4.8 ppb |
| Shannon Estates | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| 133 Estates | 61 | 3.72 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kennard, 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 Kennard, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.