Mccook, City Of, NE
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 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. 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
Mccook, City Of serves about 7,450 people through 3,653 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 Red Willow County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3114504; phone on file: 308-345-2022. 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 9.43 ppb from 2.57 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mccook, City Of is 12 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 2.57 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.48 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.45 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. Mccook, City Of's 12 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Nebraska and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Red Willow County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mccook, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indianola, City Of | 584 | 1.4 ppb |
| Bartley, Village Of | 355 | 0 (not detected) |
| Danbury, Village Of | 88 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lebanon, Village Of | 58 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mccook, 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 Mccook, 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.