Verdigre, Village Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (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. 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.
About Verdigre, Village Of
Verdigre, Village Of serves about 552 people through 303 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 Knox County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3110713; phone on file: 402-358-0250. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.71 ppb from 3.71 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Verdigre, Village Of is 3.71 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.71 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.53 ppb |
How Verdigre, Village Of compares
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. Verdigre, Village Of's 1 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in Nebraska and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Knox County
10 other systems share Knox County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Verdigre, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Creighton, City Of | 1,154 | 1.95 ppb |
| Bloomfield, City Of | 1,025 | 3.87 ppb |
| Crofton, City Of | 754 | 2.62 ppb |
| Wausa, Village Of | 592 | 2.6 ppb |
| West Knox Rwd | 565 | 1.4 ppb |
| Niobrara, Village Of | 365 | 15.1 ppb |
| Wau Col Rws - West Side | 326 | 1.55 ppb |
| Winnetoon, Village Of | 75 | 5.82 ppb |
| Center, Village Of | 74 | 1.35 ppb |
| Verdel, Village Of | 30 | 1.25 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Verdigre, 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 Verdigre, 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. 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.