Meadow Grove, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Meadow Grove, Village Of at a glance
Meadow Grove, Village Of serves about 301 people through 183 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 Madison County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3111917; phone on file: 402-649-3579. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (2.29 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Meadow Grove, Village Of is 2.29 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.29 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.69 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. Meadow Grove, Village Of's 1.9 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Nebraska and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Madison County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Meadow Grove, Village 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 |
| Madison, City Of | 2,135 | 1 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Meadow Grove, 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 Meadow Grove, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.