Metropolitan Utilities District, NE
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.3 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.
Metropolitan Utilities District at a glance
Metropolitan Utilities District serves about 660,000 people through 220,882 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Douglas County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3105507; phone on file: 402-504-7147. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Metropolitan Utilities District's lead record
That is up 4.71 ppb from 7.59 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Metropolitan Utilities District is 12.3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 7.59 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.34 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.34 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.37 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.37 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. Metropolitan Utilities District's 12.3 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Nebraska and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Douglas County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Metropolitan Utilities District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Valley, City Of | 3,294 | 2 ppb |
| Waterloo, Village Of | 962 | 11.7 ppb |
| Maplewood Estates Mobile Home Park | 805 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Estates Water System | 675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas Co Sid 284 -Trailridge Ranches | 450 | 1.2 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm | 450 | 12.2 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 303 - Skyline Woods | 450 | 9.8 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 177 - Riverside Lakes | 330 | 3.35 ppb |
| West Military Water Company | 300 | 1.77 ppb |
| Mount Michael High School | 300 | 11.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Omaha, 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 Metropolitan Utilities District 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.