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McPherson County, Nebraska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE117 · McPherson County 4 sys · 80 viol · #3234/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 75.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 40.0% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3234/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 4 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, McPherson County ranks #3,234 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #88 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

McPherson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 75.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 40.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for McPherson County . Population served ranks #3,234 of 3,254 · #88 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around McPherson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Adams · near Sioux · near Blaine · highest 57.1% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Prairie Hills Cafe 100 0 -
McPherson Co Dist 90 50 28 -
McPherson Co Dist 4 - Tryon Public 40 19 -
The Lodge 25 33 -

Compare beyond Nebraska

Lower-flagged peers for McPherson County

Cross-state counties nearest McPherson County on flagged-system share (75.0%) and cumulative violation count (80). 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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