Ravenna, City Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 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.
Who runs the water here
Ravenna, City Of serves about 1,457 people through 604 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 Buffalo County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3101911; phone on file: 308-390-5510. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (2.59 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ravenna, City Of is 2.59 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.59 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.62 ppb |
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. Ravenna, City Of's 2.5 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Nebraska and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Buffalo County
14 other systems share Buffalo County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ravenna, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kearney, City Of | 34,000 | 5.48 ppb |
| Gibbon, City Of | 1,878 | 10.2 ppb |
| Shelton, Village Of | 1,059 | 1.6 ppb |
| Elm Creek, Village Of | 901 | 2.23 ppb |
| Buffalo Co Sid 3 - Glenwood Estates | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasanton, Village Of | 367 | 1.13 ppb |
| Amherst, Village Of | 295 | 3.65 ppb |
| Riverdale, Village Of | 210 | 6.1 ppb |
| Sunset View Mobile Home Park | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Miller, Village Of | 136 | 11 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ravenna, 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 Ravenna, 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.