Weeping Water, City Of, NE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.68 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
Weeping Water, City Of at a glance
Weeping Water, City Of serves about 1,107 people through 496 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 Cass County, Nebraska. EPA system ID: NE3102506; phone on file: 402-267-5152. 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 2019 (1.58 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Weeping Water, City Of is 4.11 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.68 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.58 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.58 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.11 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.11 ppb |
How Weeping Water, City 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. Weeping Water, City Of's 0.68 ppb sits at the 24th percentile in Nebraska and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Cass County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Weeping Water, City 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 |
| Eagle, Village Of | 1,065 | 2 ppb |
| Elmwood, Village Of | 698 | 3.25 ppb |
| Otoe Co. Rwd #3 - Louisville | 630 | 1.7 ppb |
| Greenwood, Village Of | 600 | 4.7 ppb |
Next steps for Weeping Water, NE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Weeping Water, 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 Weeping Water, City 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.