Metals · 2020

Lead in Wisner, City of, NE tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 1.0× the limit

Wisner, City of, NE's 2020 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.0147 mg/L

Verbatim from Wisner, City of, NE's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Lead

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.

There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

How Wisner, City of, NE compares

5 of the 827 systems measuring Lead on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Lead:

People also ask

+Is there Lead in Wisner, City of, NE tap water?

Yes — Wisner, City of, NE's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.0147 mg/L. Wisner, City of, NE's 2020 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?

The federal Action level for Lead is 0.015 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Lead?

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

+Which other U.S. cities have Lead over the federal limit?

5 of the 827 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include St Louis, MO, Manhattan Beach-city, Water Dept. — Manhattan Beach, Ca, CA, Lubbock, TX.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Wisner, City of, NE water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ne/wisner/2020/source.

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