Madison, City Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Madison, City Of at a glance
Madison, City Of serves about 2,135 people through 986 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 Madison County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3111916. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Madison, City Of's lead record
That is down 2.56 ppb from 3.56 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Madison, City Of is 3.56 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.56 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.01 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Madison, City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in Nebraska and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Madison County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Madison, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk, City Of | 26,147 | 4.73 ppb |
| Battle Creek, City Of | 1,194 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tilden, City Of | 957 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newman Grove, City Of | 721 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kpr Us Llc | 350 | 5.74 ppb |
| Meadow Grove, Village Of | 301 | 1.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Madison, 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 Madison, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.