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Otoe County, Nebraska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE131 · Otoe County 12 sys · 441 viol · #2048/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 79.1% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2048/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 75%
  • SYS-SMALL 12 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Otoe County ranks #2,048 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #19 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Otoe County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 79.1% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,048 of 3,254 · #19 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Otoe County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Blaine · highest Cheyenne · near Cedar · near 57.1% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Nebraska City, City Of 7,414 8 Clean
Otoe Co RWD #3 2,500 22 -
Syracuse, City Of 1,962 17 -
Otoe Co RWD 1 714 23 -
Palmyra, Village Of 567 45 -
Unadilla, Village Of 311 78 -
Otoe, Village Of 288 44 -
Talmage, Village Of 266 13 -
Douglas, Village Of 200 41 -
Dunbar, Village Of 195 37 -
Burr, Village Of 57 101 -
Walmart Supercenter 4209 25 12 -

Compare beyond Nebraska

Mid-flagged peers for Otoe County

Cross-state counties nearest Otoe County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (441). 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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