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Hitchcock County, Nebraska

8 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 1,930 people in Hitchcock County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

8
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
457
Total violations Lower third of counties
87.5%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE087 · Hitchcock County 8 sys · 457 viol · #3078/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 87.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 66.3% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3078/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Red Willow County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Hitchcock County ranks #3,078 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #70 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hitchcock County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 87.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 66.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Hitchcock County . Population served ranks #3,078 of 3,254 · #70 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hitchcock County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Hitchcock County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Red Willow · near Pawnee · near Blaine · highest 57.1% 87.5% 87.5% 87.5% 87.5% 88.2% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Hitchcock County

Cross-state counties nearest Hitchcock County on flagged-system share (87.5%) and cumulative violation count (457). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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