Lead contamination found in Lawrence water

Villages . . . towns . . . and cities . . . in Nebraska are all required to submit water samples to the state of Nebraska to determine if the water is contaminated, or not. While some tests are conducted more often, the tests for ‘lead-copper’ is done once every three years.

Near the end of last week, Lawrence village residents all received notices that the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy reported that the village did not pass the requirements of a recent lead and copper survey sent in.

The requirement set by the state is that more than 90 percent of the samples needed to pass th...