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Merrick County, Nebraska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE121 · Merrick County 9 sys · 410 viol · #2813/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 72.9% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2813/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.7 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 9 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Jefferson County ( -0.7 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Merrick County ranks #2,813 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #45 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Merrick County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 72.9% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Merrick County . Population served ranks #2,813 of 3,254 · #45 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Merrick County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Merrick · this county Lincoln · near Blaine · highest 57.1% 88.2% 88.9% 89.7% 90% 90% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Central City, City Of 3,000 48 -
Palmer, Village Of 472 32 -
Silver Creek, Village Of 449 41 -
Clarks, Village Of 369 205 -
Chapman, Village Of 292 11 -
Fishers Cove 60 0 -
Zion Lutheran Church-Worms 26 45 -
Central City Mall 25 12 -
Covenant Cedars Bible Camp 25 16 -

Compare beyond Nebraska

Lower-flagged peers for Merrick County

Cross-state counties nearest Merrick County on flagged-system share (88.9%) and cumulative violation count (410). 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).

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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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