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Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

29 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 31,247 people in Scotts Bluff County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

29
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,712
Total violations Middle third of counties
89.7%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE157 · Scotts Bluff County 29 sys · 1,712 viol · #1326/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 72.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1326/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 29 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lincoln County (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Scotts Bluff County ranks #1,326 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Scotts Bluff County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 72.0% 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 #1,326 of 3,254 · #9 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Scotts Bluff County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Lincoln · near Seward · near Blaine · highest 57.1% 89.7% 90% 90% 90% 90% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Scottsbluff, City Of 14,282 39 Clean
Gering, City Of 8,500 130 Clean
Mitchell, City Of 1,526 37 -
Western NE Joint Water Board 1,368 8 -
Terrytown, City Of 1,143 72 -
Morrill, Village Of 934 153 -
Minatare, City Of 809 197 -
Scenic Knolls Clubhouse 600 103 -
Union Pacific / So Morrill Rr Yards 450 71 -
Lyman, Village Of 325 203 -
Lake Minatare Sra - Ng & Pc 207 105 -
Henry, Village Of 163 56 -
Scotts Bluff Co Sid 10 - Wildcat Hills 150 40 -
Pink Palace 150 43 -
North Platte Valley Boat Club 78 46 -
Riverview Golf Course 75 59 -
Scotts Bluff Co Dist 64 Lake Minatare 75 109 -
North Side Mobile Home Ranch 74 76 -
Morrill Public Schools Ag Ed Complex 55 15 -
Iceborn (Scottsbluff) 40 4 -
Captain Critters Country Campground 34 46 -
Paradise Island 30 33 -
Scotts Bluff Co Sid 13 (Hilyard Subd) 28 2 -
Panhandle Co-Op 26 4 -
Walmart Supercenter 0867 25 8 -
Safeway 05-0556 (Tap 1) 25 0 -
Safeway 05-0556 (Tap 2) 25 0 -
Fresh Foods 25 0 -
Wildcat Hills Sra - Ng & Pc 25 53 -

Compare beyond Nebraska

Lower-flagged peers for Scotts Bluff County

Cross-state counties nearest Scotts Bluff County on flagged-system share (89.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,712). 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

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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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