Watercolour of a small house at dusk, with the water meter cover in the sidewalk out front.

Is there lead in Kearney's tap water?

5.5PPBparts per billion of lead in Kearney's water at the latest test, from 2022 to 2024

Under the legal limit of 15 ppb

Water companies that supply Kearney

8 public water companies list Kearney as a place they supply. The biggest is Kearney's water department, with about 34,000 people. The highest latest result among Kearney's water companies is 6 parts per billion, at Riverside Mobile Home Park. None of the 8 with results was above 15 at its latest test. 5 found too little lead to measure. Small ones like Wood River Valley Mobile Home Park supply just their own grounds or street; most of Kearney gets its water from Kearney's water department. 7 are small systems serving fewer than 500 people each, such as a mobile home park, a subdivision or a business with its own well. Your water bill names yours.

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