Sarpy Co Sid 24 - Thousand Oaks, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.6 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
Sarpy Co Sid 24 - Thousand Oaks serves about 60 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Sarpy County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3115305; phone on file: 402-677-9042. 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 9.1 ppb from 12.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sarpy Co Sid 24 - Thousand Oaks is 13.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 12.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 13.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 3.88 ppb |
How Sarpy Co Sid 24 - Thousand Oaks 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. Sarpy Co Sid 24 - Thousand Oaks's 3.6 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Nebraska and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sarpy County
12 other systems share Sarpy County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sarpy Co Sid 24 - Thousand Oaks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Papillion, City Of | 35,000 | 2.8 ppb |
| Gretna, City Of | 8,661 | 2.28 ppb |
| Sarpy Co Sid 158 - Tiburon Golf Course | 1,992 | 0 (not detected) |
| Springfield, City Of | 1,529 | 3 ppb |
| Sarpy Co Sid 23 - Westmont Subdivision | 980 | 3.1 ppb |
| Bellevue Terrace Mhc Llc | 357 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sarpy Co Sid 79 - Meadow Oaks | 300 | 2.6 ppb |
| Sarpy Co Sid 81 - Fairview Heights | 280 | 1.42 ppb |
| Sarpy Co Sid 38 - Highland Estates | 250 | 35.2 ppb |
| Washington Terrace Llc | 223 | 2.23 ppb |
Next steps for Gretna, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gretna, 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 Sarpy Co Sid 24 - Thousand Oaks 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.