North Platte, City Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.59 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
North Platte, City Of serves about 25,000 people through 12,000 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lincoln County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3111106; phone on file: 308-535-6724. 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 1.93 ppb from 5.66 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Platte, City Of is 7.59 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.59 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.66 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.34 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.77 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. North Platte, City Of's 7.59 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Nebraska and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Lincoln County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Platte, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sutherland, Village Of | 1,313 | 2.54 ppb |
| Hershey, Village Of | 665 | 1.4 ppb |
| Brady, Village Of | 383 | 0.95 ppb |
| Wallace, Village Of | 316 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maxwell, Village Of | 315 | 0.76 ppb |
| East Maloney Homeowners Assn | 50 | 0.3 ppb |
| Buffalo Bill Mobile Home Park | 20 | 5.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North Platte, 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 North Platte, 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. 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.