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

Is there lead in Lincoln's tap water?

4.5PPBparts per billion of lead in Lincoln's water at the latest test, from 2023 to 2025

Under the legal limit of 15 ppb

Water companies that supply Lincoln

6 public water companies list Lincoln as a place they supply. The biggest is Lincoln's water department, with about 296,000 people. The highest latest result among Lincoln's water companies is 5.1 parts per billion, at Sky Ranch Acres. None of the 6 with results was above 15 at its latest test. 1 found too little lead to measure. Small ones like Crooked Creek HOA supply just their own grounds or street; most of Lincoln gets its water from Lincoln's water department. 4 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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