Middle Island Lake Association, NE
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Middle Island Lake Association at a glance
Middle Island Lake Association serves about 92 people through 55 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cass County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3120623; phone on file: 402-434-1212. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.18 ppb from 1.18 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Middle Island Lake Association is 1.18 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.18 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Middle Island Lake Association's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Nebraska and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Cass County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than Middle Island Lake Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Plattsmouth, City Of | 6,680 | 1.87 ppb |
| Beaver Lake Association Inc | 3,144 | 1.39 ppb |
| Cass Co Rwd 1 | 2,988 | 2.77 ppb |
| Cass Co Rwd 2 | 1,860 | 1.7 ppb |
| Cass Co Sid 5 - Buccaneer Bay | 1,417 | 0.55 ppb |
| Louisville, City Of | 1,400 | 3.26 ppb |
| Weeping Water, City Of | 1,107 | 0.68 ppb |
| Eagle, Village Of | 1,065 | 2 ppb |
| Elmwood, Village Of | 698 | 3.25 ppb |
| Otoe Co. Rwd #3 - Louisville | 630 | 1.7 ppb |
Next steps for South Bend, NE
Look up your address in Middle Island Lake Association's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Middle Island Lake Association 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.