Palmyra, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.5 ppb (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. 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.
About Palmyra, Village Of
Palmyra, Village Of serves about 567 people through 240 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 Otoe County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3113107; phone on file: 402-440-7329. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (2.59 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Palmyra, Village Of is 5.19 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.59 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.19 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.92 ppb |
How Palmyra, Village 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. Palmyra, Village Of's 3.5 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Nebraska and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Otoe County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Palmyra, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska City, City Of | 7,220 | 0.52 ppb |
| Otoe Co Rwd #3 | 2,500 | 1.55 ppb |
| Syracuse, City Of | 1,962 | 8.73 ppb |
| Otoe Co Rwd 1 | 714 | 0.6 ppb |
| Unadilla, Village Of | 311 | 2.33 ppb |
| Otoe, Village Of | 288 | 3.85 ppb |
| Talmage, Village Of | 266 | 2.99 ppb |
| Douglas, Village Of | 200 | 2.75 ppb |
| Dunbar, Village Of | 195 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burr, Village Of | 57 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Palmyra, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Palmyra, 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 Palmyra, Village Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1660 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.