Ulysses, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.49 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.
Ulysses, Village Of at a glance
Ulysses, Village Of serves about 176 people through 114 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 Butler County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3102307; phone on file: 402-570-5971. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.49 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ulysses, Village Of is 5.41 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.49 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 5.41 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.69 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. Ulysses, Village Of's 1.49 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Nebraska and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Butler County
9 other systems share Butler County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ulysses, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| David City, City Of | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellwood, Village Of | 435 | 1.1 ppb |
| Rising City, Village Of | 374 | 2.9 ppb |
| Brainard, Village Of | 361 | 1 ppb |
| Dwight, Village Of | 229 | 0.54 ppb |
| Bruno, Village Of | 99 | 0.7 ppb |
| Abie, Village Of | 65 | 1.05 ppb |
| Bay Meadows Trailer Court | 36 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lower Platte North Rwd - Bruno | 25 | 0.47 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ulysses, 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 Ulysses, 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.