Stella, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.72 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Stella, Village Of
Stella, Village Of serves about 140 people through 105 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 Richardson County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3114710; phone on file: 402-883-2432. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Stella, Village Of's lead record
That is down 1.28 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Stella, Village Of is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.72 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.28 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.69 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. Stella, Village Of's 0.72 ppb sits at the 26th percentile in Nebraska and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Richardson County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Stella, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Falls City, City Of | 4,015 | 1.55 ppb |
| Richardson Co Rwd 2 | 980 | 4.95 ppb |
| Humboldt, City Of | 950 | 1.2 ppb |
| Richardson Co Rwd 1 | 812 | 0.78 ppb |
| Dawson, Village Of | 209 | 3.4 ppb |
| Rulo, Village Of | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Verdon, Village Of | 175 | 1.95 ppb |
| Salem, Village Of | 160 | 0.7 ppb |
| Shubert, Village Of | 138 | 0.8 ppb |
| Colonial Acres Nursing Home | 122 | 0.98 ppb |
Next steps for Stella, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stella, 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 Stella, Village 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.