Waterloo, Village Of, NE
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.7 ppb (monitoring period 2019-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Waterloo, Village Of serves about 962 people through 275 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 surface water, in Douglas County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3105517; phone on file: 402-779-2292. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 5.65 ppb from 6.05 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Waterloo, Village Of is 11.7 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 11.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 6.05 ppb |
How Waterloo, 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. Waterloo, Village Of's 11.7 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Nebraska and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Douglas County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Waterloo, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Utilities District | 660,000 | 12.3 ppb |
| Valley, City Of | 3,294 | 2 ppb |
| Maplewood Estates Mobile Home Park | 805 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Estates Water System | 675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas Co Sid 284 -Trailridge Ranches | 450 | 1.2 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 277 - The Farm | 450 | 12.2 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 303 - Skyline Woods | 450 | 9.8 ppb |
| Douglas Co Sid 177 - Riverside Lakes | 330 | 3.35 ppb |
| West Military Water Company | 300 | 1.77 ppb |
| Mount Michael High School | 300 | 11.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Waterloo, 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 Waterloo, 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.