Morrill, Village Of, 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.
Who runs the water here
Morrill, Village Of serves about 934 people through 501 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 Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3115708; phone on file: 308-247-2312. 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 1.63 ppb from 1.63 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Morrill, Village Of is 10.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.63 ppb |
| 2017 | 10.8 ppb over 10 |
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. Morrill, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Nebraska and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Scotts Bluff County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Morrill, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Scottsbluff, City Of | 14,282 | 3.2 ppb |
| Gering, City Of | 8,500 | 2.72 ppb |
| Mitchell, City Of | 1,526 | 3.15 ppb |
| Western Ne Joint Water Board | 1,368 | - |
| Terrytown, City Of | 1,143 | 1.5 ppb |
| Minatare, City Of | 809 | 1.06 ppb |
| Lyman, Village Of | 325 | 2.45 ppb |
| Henry, Village Of | 163 | 0.37 ppb |
| Scotts Bluff Co Sid 10 - Wildcat Hills | 150 | 0.95 ppb |
| Scotts Bluff Co Sid 13 (Hilyard Subd) | 28 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Morrill, Village Of'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 Morrill, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.