Utica, Village Of, NE
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Utica, Village Of at a glance
Utica, Village Of serves about 840 people through 403 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Seward County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3115913; phone on file: 402-534-4237. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Utica, Village Of's lead record
That is down 2.19 ppb from 2.19 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Utica, Village Of is 2.19 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.19 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.52 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. Utica, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Nebraska and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Seward County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Utica, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Seward, City Of | 7,700 | 2 ppb |
| Milford, City Of | 2,090 | 1.71 ppb |
| Beaver Crossing, Village Of | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasant Dale, Village Of | 317 | 3.01 ppb |
| Staplehurst, Village Of | 230 | 1.12 ppb |
| Garland, Village Of | 210 | 1.2 ppb |
| Goehner, Village Of | 185 | 14.7 ppb |
| Cordova, Village Of | 150 | 1.15 ppb |
| Bee, Village Of | 109 | 2.89 ppb |
| Milford Meadows Care Center, Llc | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Utica, Village Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Utica, 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.