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Howard County, Nebraska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE093 · Howard County 8 sys · 194 viol · #2945/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 87.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 83.5% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2945/3254
  • 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, Howard County ranks #2,945 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #54 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Howard 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 83.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Howard County . Population served ranks #2,945 of 3,254 · #54 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Howard County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Red Willow · near Hitchcock · 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

System Name Population Violations PFAS
St Paul, City Of 2,416 8 -
Dannebrog, Village Of 309 18 -
Elba, Village Of 211 62 -
Boelus, Village Of 189 15 -
Howard Co Dist 118 St Libory Elm 169 51 -
Farwell, Village Of 124 36 -
Bel-Air Motel 25 0 -
Pump and Pantry 37 25 4 -

Compare beyond Nebraska

Lower-flagged peers for Howard County

Cross-state counties nearest Howard County on flagged-system share (87.5%) and cumulative violation count (194). 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.

4 peers

Similar violation load

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

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

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