Oakland, City Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.82 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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
Oakland, City Of serves about 1,300 people through 610 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 Burt County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3102101; phone on file: 402-870-1407. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.16 ppb from 2.66 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakland, City Of is 10.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 5.82 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.66 ppb |
| 2019 | 10.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 10.8 ppb over 10 |
How Oakland, City Of compares
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. Oakland, City Of's 5.82 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Nebraska and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Burt County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Oakland, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Logan East Rural Water System | 3,000 | 2.67 ppb |
| Tekamah, City Of | 1,753 | 2.2 ppb |
| Lyons, City Of | 824 | 1.94 ppb |
| Decatur, Village Of | 410 | 3.99 ppb |
| Craig, Village Of | 199 | 6.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oakland, 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 Oakland, 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.