Union, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Union, Village Of serves about 201 people through 108 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 Cass County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3102505; phone on file: 402-297-6506. 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 2025 (3.28 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Union, Village Of is 10.4 ppb across 18 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.28 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.64 ppb |
| 2024 | 9.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.94 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.09 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.37 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.99 ppb |
| 2019 | 10.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 2.94 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.76 ppb |
| 2017 | 10.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 0.99 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Union, Village Of's 2.4 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Nebraska and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cass County
23 other systems share Cass County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Union, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Plattsmouth, City Of | 6,680 | 1.87 ppb |
| Beaver Lake Association Inc | 3,144 | 1.39 ppb |
| Cass Co Rwd 1 | 2,988 | 2.77 ppb |
| Cass Co Rwd 2 | 1,860 | 1.7 ppb |
| Cass Co Sid 5 - Buccaneer Bay | 1,417 | 0.55 ppb |
| Louisville, City Of | 1,400 | 3.26 ppb |
| Weeping Water, City Of | 1,107 | 0.68 ppb |
| Eagle, Village Of | 1,065 | 2 ppb |
| Elmwood, Village Of | 698 | 3.25 ppb |
| Otoe Co. Rwd #3 - Louisville | 630 | 1.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Union, 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 Union, Village Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2320 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.