Seward, City Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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
Seward, City Of serves about 7,700 people through 2,850 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Seward County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3115905; phone on file: 402-643-2928. 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 2020 (2.84 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Seward, City Of is 7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.84 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
How Seward, 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. Seward, City Of's 2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Nebraska and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Seward County
10 other systems share Seward County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Seward, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Milford, City Of | 2,090 | 1.71 ppb |
| Utica, Village Of | 840 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaver Crossing, Village Of | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasant Dale, Village Of | 317 | 3.01 ppb |
| Staplehurst, Village Of | 230 | 1.12 ppb |
| Garland, Village Of | 210 | 1.2 ppb |
| Goehner, Village Of | 185 | 14.7 ppb |
| Cordova, Village Of | 150 | 1.15 ppb |
| Bee, Village Of | 109 | 2.89 ppb |
| Milford Meadows Care Center, Llc | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Seward, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Seward, 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 Seward, 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. 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.