Water Quality in Nebraska

585 water systems • 406 cities • EPA SDWIS Data

585
Water Systems
5,134
Total Violations
2,253
Health-Based Violations
1,706,785
Population Served

Overview

Nebraska has 585 active community water systems serving 1,706,785 people. These systems have accumulated 5,134 EPA Safe Drinking Water Act violations on record, of which 2,253 are health-based violations (meaning a contaminant exceeded safe levels).

Common contaminants found in violations: Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate-Nitrite, Nitrate, Gross Alpha, E. coli, Barium, Endrin, TTHM, Selenium, Arsenic.

Cities with Most Violations in Nebraska

# City Violations Health-Based Water Systems Population
1 Edgar 195 194 1 428
2 Columbus 131 60 5 24,384
3 Omaha 127 7 11 665,837
4 York 116 10 3 8,686
5 Ponca 114 111 2 972
6 Hastings 106 93 2 25,003
7 Albion 75 0 1 1,700
8 Hartington 70 59 3 3,994
9 Whitney 63 8 2 116
10 Phillips 60 58 1 385

Largest Cities in Nebraska

# City Population Violations Water Systems
1 Omaha 665,837 127 11
2 Lincoln 298,096 19 8
3 Grand Island 51,478 1 1
4 Papillion 35,250 11 2
5 Kearney 34,989 49 8
6 Fremont 28,763 35 8
7 Norfolk 28,593 22 4
8 North Platte 25,050 11 2
9 Hastings 25,003 106 2
10 Columbus 24,384 131 5

All Cities in Nebraska

City Population Violations Health Violations Contaminants
Omaha 665,837 127 7 E. coli, Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite
Lincoln 298,096 19 2 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Grand Island 51,478 1 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Papillion 35,250 11 5 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate, TTHM
Kearney 34,989 49 9 Endrin, Gross Alpha, Nitrate +1 more
Fremont 28,763 35 6 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Norfolk 28,593 22 0
North Platte 25,050 11 4 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Hastings 25,003 106 93 Chlorine Dioxide, Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate +1 more
Columbus 24,384 131 60 Barium, Chlorine, Chlorine Dioxide +4 more
Scottsbluff 14,432 3 1 Gross Alpha
South Sioux City 14,043 0 0
Blair 13,614 27 12 Bromate, E. coli, Fecal Coliform
Beatrice 13,269 6 5 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Plattsmouth 11,334 11 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Lexington 10,489 36 16 Chlorine Dioxide, Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite
Gretna 9,126 27 7 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha, Nitrate +1 more
York 8,686 116 10 Barium, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Gering 8,650 7 3 Gross Alpha, HAA5, Haloacetic Acids
Alliance 8,070 0 0
Seward 7,700 13 11 Arsenic, Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate
Crete 7,566 0 0
Mccook 7,450 2 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Nebraksa City 7,414 0 0
Bennet 7,082 8 3 Gross Alpha
Sidney 6,800 4 0
Chadron 6,559 51 37 Haloacetic Acids
Schuyler 6,547 2 1 HAA5
Wayne 5,990 11 8 Arsenic, Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite
Holdrege 5,686 9 9 Arsenic, E. coli, Gross Alpha +1 more
Fairbury 5,419 8 5 Bromate, Disinfection Byproducts, Fecal Coliform
Syracuse 5,092 0 0
Falls City 4,995 10 4 Nitrate
Ogallala 4,878 1 0
Oakland 4,730 2 1 Gross Alpha
Aurora 4,678 3 3 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate-Nitrite, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Wahoo 4,653 3 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Waverly 4,319 7 4 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha, HAA5 +1 more
Auburn 4,200 19 12 Bromate, Fecal Coliform, Gross Alpha +2 more
Hartington 3,994 70 59 E. coli, Nitrate, TTHM +1 more
Cozad 3,915 2 1 Gross Alpha
O'Neill 3,705 8 6 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Gothenburg 3,578 3 2 E. coli
Broken Bow 3,568 4 0
West Point 3,550 5 5 Disinfection Byproducts, TTHM
Murray 3,438 4 0
Tecumseh 3,415 5 2 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Hickman 3,300 4 4 Selenium
Valley 3,294 1 0
Waterloo 3,283 18 0
Ashland 3,265 6 0
Minden 3,118 3 0
Central City 3,000 3 1 Nitrate-Nitrite
David City 2,824 1 0
Valentine 2,737 3 0
Kimball 2,596 0 0
Elmwood 2,558 8 7 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite +1 more
Beemer 2,525 8 7 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha
St Paul 2,416 0 0
Pawnee City 2,370 1 1 Nitrate
Geneva 2,217 0 0
Milford 2,190 15 10 Disinfection Byproducts, E. coli, Nitrate-Nitrite +2 more
Superior 2,138 19 10 Fecal Coliform, Selenium
Madison 2,135 1 1 Arsenic
Ord 2,112 2 1 Nitrate
Dakota City 2,081 0 0
Imperial 2,071 2 0
Wilber 1,930 5 3 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate
Gibbon 1,878 6 3 Gross Alpha, Selenium
Pierce 1,847 6 1 Gross Alpha
Springfield 1,829 14 7 Disinfection Byproducts, E. coli, Gross Alpha +1 more
Humboldt 1,787 8 2 Gross Alpha
Cambridge 1,781 5 4 Gross Alpha, Selenium
Wymore 1,755 4 3 Disinfection Byproducts, Fecal Coliform, Nitrate
Tekamah 1,753 8 6 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Ainsworth 1,728 15 12 Gross Alpha
Albion 1,700 75 0
Lyman 1,693 3 0
Neligh 1,592 2 1 Nitrate
Stanton 1,577 12 9 Arsenic, E. coli, Gross Alpha
Hebron 1,565 1 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Mitchell 1,554 5 2 Nitrate
Bridgeport 1,500 3 0
Gordon 1,500 1 1 E. coli
Ravenna 1,457 7 1 Nitrate
Wakefield 1,450 3 2 Disinfection Byproducts
Sutton 1,447 0 0
Arlington 1,411 20 10 Gross Alpha
Atkinson 1,398 8 2 Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite
Louisville 1,371 5 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Kennard 1,350 6 0
Johnson 1,339 12 7 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate +1 more
Sutherland 1,313 2 0
Fullerton 1,307 8 5 Arsenic, E. coli
Plainview 1,282 34 33 Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite
North Bend 1,279 10 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Yutan 1,274 0 0
Eagle 1,268 5 2 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha
Alma 1,243 6 1 Nitrate
Wisner 1,239 38 35 Arsenic, Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite
Wood River 1,204 6 2 Nitrate, Selenium
Bayard 1,203 2 1 Gross Alpha
Grant 1,197 1 1 Gross Alpha
Battle Creek 1,194 0 0
Stromsburg 1,155 3 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Creighton 1,154 3 1 Nitrate-Nitrite
Terrytown 1,143 3 1 E. coli
Verdigre 1,117 7 2 Nitrate-Nitrite
Weeping Water 1,107 5 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite
Burwell 1,087 1 1 Selenium
Loup City 1,083 7 0
Shelton 1,059 7 1 Barium
Henderson 1,051 6 2 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha
Arapahoe 1,026 4 4 Arsenic, Disinfection Byproducts, E. coli +1 more
Bloomfield 1,025 4 1 Nitrate
Red Cloud 1,020 1 0
Fort Calhoun 1,010 0 0
Harvard 1,000 0 0
Laurel 972 6 6 Arsenic, Nitrate-Nitrite
Ponca 972 114 111 Gross Alpha, Haloacetic Acids, Selenium
Friend 964 7 0
Tilden 957 7 6 Gross Alpha
Franklin 950 0 0
Randolph 944 1 0
Blue Hill 941 1 1 Nitrate
Morrill 934 2 0
Kenesaw 919 1 0
Ceresco 919 3 2 Arsenic, Nitrate
Elm Creek 901 2 1 Gross Alpha
Genoa 898 12 10 Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite
Chappell 891 2 2 Barium, E. coli
Rushville 888 6 0
Axtell 880 13 8 Arsenic, Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha
Osceola 875 1 0
Osmond 870 12 9 Nitrate-Nitrite
Scribner 857 1 0
Hooper 852 5 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Benkelman 850 47 44 Haloacetic Acids
Humphrey 842 47 46 Arsenic, Barium, Nitrate +1 more
Spencer 840 20 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Crawford 840 1 0
Utica 840 5 3 Gross Alpha, Selenium
Doniphan 829 4 3 E. coli
Lyons 824 3 0
Hemingford 810 3 0
Oshkosh 809 7 6 Barium, E. coli
Minatare 809 5 2 Nitrate
Curtis 806 3 0
Cairo 785 4 3 Barium, Gross Alpha
Juniata 757 2 0
Crofton 754 0 0
Bertrand 750 1 0
Deshler 747 1 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Bellevue 740 3 0
Clay Center 730 7 4 Gross Alpha
Elwood 730 10 2 Gross Alpha
Newman Grove 721 4 1 Nitrate
Oxford 719 4 0
Elgin 717 32 32 Barium
Nebraska City 714 5 2 E. coli
Shelby 714 2 0
St Edward 710 3 1 E. coli
Bassett 700 7 4 E. coli
Alda 677 10 3 Disinfection Byproducts, HAA5
Hersey 665 1 0
Peru 650 28 3 Nitrate
Clarkson 641 3 2 Arsenic, Gross Alpha
Firth 640 3 2 Arsenic, Nitrate
Union 616 16 4 Nitrate
Hay Springs 614 3 0
Dodge 612 4 3 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate, Selenium
Adams 606 13 13 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate, Selenium
Beaver 604 3 3 Nitrate
Greenwood 600 4 3 Nitrate-Nitrite
Overton 600 9 7 Arsenic, HAA5, Selenium
Fairmont 600 3 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Cedar Bluffs 600 2 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Valparaiso 600 2 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Dewitt 598 2 0
Arnold 592 4 0
Wausa 592 2 0
Exeter 591 2 1 Nitrate
Dorchester 586 2 2 Carbon Tetrachloride
Indianola 584 4 2 Selenium
Mead 569 3 0
Howells 567 11 10 Arsenic, Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha +1 more
Palmyra 567 8 2 Nitrate
Callaway 563 0 0
Sargent 550 8 7 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Wauneta 549 51 44 Barium, Gross Alpha
Culbertson 534 6 1 E. coli
Coleridge 533 4 2 Nitrate
Homer 532 1 1 Gross Alpha
Cortland 529 3 0
Trenton 501 18 2 HAA5
Bancroft 490 30 28 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite
Nelson 490 2 2 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Spalding 487 0 0
Stuart 486 1 0
Paxton 483 12 12 Haloacetic Acids
Sterling 476 2 1 Nitrate
Palmer 472 1 0
Mccool Junction 460 9 9 Nitrate-Nitrite
Ansley 459 1 1 Gross Alpha
Malcolm 457 1 0
Beaver Crossing 457 3 0
Silver Creek 449 1 0
Bellwood 435 3 0
Hampton 432 2 2 Nitrate-Nitrite, Selenium
Greeley 431 0 0
Winside 429 1 0
Edgar 428 195 194 Arsenic, Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate-Nitrite +1 more
Decatur 410 2 0
Giltner 410 5 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Leigh 405 28 0
Plymouth 400 2 1 Nitrate
Duncan 392 11 8 Nitrate-Nitrite, Selenium
Eustis 387 4 4 Nitrate
Phillips 385 60 58 Haloacetic Acids
Brady 383 1 1 Gross Alpha
Cedar Rapids 382 0 0
Loomis 382 5 1 Gross Alpha
Orchard 379 6 4 Nitrate-Nitrite
Allen 377 32 32 Arsenic, Nitrate-Nitrite
Rising City 374 2 1 Selenium
Hildreth 370 5 3 Arsenic, Haloacetic Acids, Selenium
Clarks 369 5 4 HAA5, Nitrate
Pleasanton 367 0 0
Ewing 367 4 1 Nitrate
Wallace 366 4 0
Niobrara 365 1 0
Merna 363 9 0
Brainard 361 21 14 Arsenic, Gross Alpha
Wilcox 360 13 7 Arsenic, Gross Alpha, Selenium
Wynot 355 21 12 Gross Alpha, Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite +1 more
Farmington Hills 350 3 0
Campbell 347 2 0
Polk 346 4 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite
Bruning 342 25 12 Disinfection Byproducts, E. coli, Nitrate +1 more
Shickley 341 2 0
Potter 337 2 1 Nitrate
Platte Center 336 4 4 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Waco 336 1 0
Cook 335 6 1 Haloacetic Acids
Diller 334 0 0
Petersburg 333 3 3 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Brule 330 4 0
Republican City 327 2 1 Nitrate
Oakdale 322 14 6 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Clearwater 320 5 3 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Dalton 320 5 3 Gross Alpha
Odell 320 1 0
Scotia 319 6 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Davenport 319 0 0
Pleasant Dale 317 3 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Glenvil 315 9 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Fairfield 312 1 0
Unadilla 311 4 2 Disinfection Byproducts, E. coli
Clatonia 310 24 2 Nitrate
Stratton 310 10 6 Arsenic, Fecal Coliform, Gross Alpha
Weston 310 5 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Maxwell 310 6 4 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Dannebrog 309 1 0
Long Pine 305 4 2 Gross Alpha
Stapleton 305 4 1 Nitrate
Lawrence 304 1 0
Meadow Grove 301 6 2 Gross Alpha
Newcastle 300 1 0
Snyder 300 3 3 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha
Bennington 300 1 0
Elkhorn 300 4 0
North Loup 297 34 31 Barium, Gross Alpha
Marquette 296 7 0
Amherst 295 0 0
Palisade 294 4 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Chapman 292 2 1 Gross Alpha
Prague 291 0 0
Chambers 288 5 2 Selenium
Otoe 288 2 0
Centennial 288 0 0
Wolbach 287 36 9 E. coli
Monroe 284 4 4 Gross Alpha
Arcadia 283 7 4 Gross Alpha
Big Springs 282 3 0
Blue Springs 280 1 0
Mullen 279 1 1 Gross Alpha
Stella 278 9 6 Nitrate
Murdock 275 6 4 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Bradshaw 275 12 8 Gross Alpha, Selenium
Madrid 270 2 1 Nitrate
Herman 268 5 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Hallam 266 2 0
Talmage 266 1 0
Hoskins 263 0 0
Maywood 261 6 2 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Dix 260 1 0
Pilger 260 10 3 Nitrate
Lindsay 255 8 5 Arsenic, Gross Alpha, Nitrate-Nitrite
Avoca 254 2 1 Gross Alpha
Harrison 251 2 1 Gross Alpha
Panama 250 5 3 Gross Alpha
Roseland 250 2 0
Western 249 3 1 Nitrate
Table Rock 247 7 2 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Milligan 244 8 6 Arsenic, E. coli, Nitrate
Uehling 241 0 0
Orleans 239 2 0
Jackson 235 3 0
Hubbard 234 1 0
Staplehurst 230 33 13 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate, Selenium
Dwight 229 0 0
Lynch 228 9 0
Gurley 228 15 6 Chlorine Dioxide, Gross Alpha
Guide Rock 225 5 2 Gross Alpha
Chester 224 0 0
Concord 222 15 9 Arsenic, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Roca 222 9 6 Chlorine Dioxide, Disinfection Byproducts, Selenium
Gresham 221 12 8 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Hayes Center 220 3 0
Raymond 220 34 3 E. coli, Gross Alpha
Bladen 220 6 1 Nitrate
Sumner 220 4 0
Gilbert 213 27 10 Chlorine Dioxide
Elba 211 5 3 Gross Alpha
Johnson Lake 210 19 0
Creston 210 6 1 Arsenic
Garland 210 11 2 Gross Alpha
Riverdale 210 2 0
Dawson 209 2 1 Gross Alpha
Lodgepole 206 36 34 Barium
Butte 204 3 0
Funk 204 13 5 Arsenic, E. coli
Benedict 203 6 5 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate-Nitrite
Stamford 202 7 2 Gross Alpha
Pickrell 201 8 2 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate
Holbrook 201 2 0
Springview 200 6 1 Nitrate
Douglas 200 5 4 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Rulo 200 6 0
Thedford 200 2 0
Craig 199 3 0
Ashton 196 2 1 Nitrate
Manley 195 5 0
Dunbar 195 7 4 Arsenic, Gross Alpha
Trumbull 194 11 2 Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate
Carroll 191 3 2 Nitrate
Brunswick 190 16 10 Nitrate
Denton 190 1 0
Holland 190 11 4 Gross Alpha
Boelus 189 2 2 Nitrate
Holstein 187 2 0
Goehner 185 10 7 Arsenic, E. coli, Selenium
Royal 180 9 7 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Venango 178 10 1 Nitrate
Ulysses 176 10 5 E. coli, Nitrate
Nehawka 175 2 0
Verdon 175 1 0
Mason City 171 7 4 E. coli
Farnam 170 4 1 Nitrate
Daykin 169 2 2 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha
Hyannis 168 8 4 Disinfection Byproducts, Gross Alpha, Selenium
Ithaca 168 35 14 Chlorine Dioxide
Page 166 4 1 Gross Alpha
Henry 163 3 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Haigler 162 3 3 Barium, Gross Alpha
Davey 160 3 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Broadwater 160 39 6 Barium, E. coli, Gross Alpha +1 more
Salem 160 3 0
Rosalie 156 32 0
Naper 151 6 2 Gross Alpha
Litchfield 151 1 0
Oconto 150 17 9 Chlorine Dioxide, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Sprague 150 0 0
Cordova 150 2 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Cody 149 6 3 Gross Alpha
Hordville 147 5 2 Nitrate
Alexandria 146 1 0
Upland 145 5 1 Nitrate
Alvo 142 30 11 Chlorine Dioxide, E. coli, Gross Alpha +1 more
Brownville 142 14 6 E. coli, Nitrate-Nitrite
Ohiowa 140 6 1 Nitrate
Filley 140 4 2 Nitrate
Elsie 139 3 1 E. coli
Belgrade 137 4 3 Gross Alpha, Nitrate, Selenium
Brock 137 4 2 Nitrate
Miller 136 6 0
Bloomington 135 6 4 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Norton 129 50 37 Arsenic, Barium, Gross Alpha +2 more
Grafton 125 3 1 Disinfection Byproducts
Farwell 124 2 0
Dubois 122 5 4 E. coli, Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Bow Valley 120 0 0
Morse Bluff 117 6 1 Nitrate
Whitney 116 63 8 Chlorine Dioxide, E. coli, Nitrate
Belden 112 19 12 Arsenic, Gross Alpha, Selenium
Bushnell 112 4 0
Edison 111 5 4 Gross Alpha
Bee 109 14 1 Gross Alpha
Memphis 106 3 0
Ruskin 105 4 0
Dunning 103 7 4 Gross Alpha, Nitrate
Tobias 102 8 6 Arsenic, Nitrate
Comstock 100 1 0
Houston 100 6 0
Danbury 100 6 1 Nitrate
Studio City 100 1 0

Data Sources

Drinking water data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Only active community water systems (CWS) serving 100+ people are included.

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