Is Laurel, City Of water safe to drink?

Laurel, City Of (PWS ID: NE3102705) has 106 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 972 people using Groundwater sources.

How many people does Laurel, City Of serve?

EPA SDWIS reports that Laurel, City Of serves 972 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Laurel or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 519 service connections. The operator address is listed in Laurel, Nebraska.

What type of violations does Laurel, City Of have?

Laurel, City Of has 106 total violations: 106 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 0 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Has PFAS been detected in Laurel, City Of water?

No PFAS testing data is available for Laurel, City Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

What water source does Laurel, City Of use?

Laurel, City Of uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Where does this data come from?

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Where does Laurel, City Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Laurel, City Of ranks #20,134 of 29,740 by people served, and #144 of 250 in Nebraska. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

How does Laurel, City Of's violation count compare nationally?

Laurel, City Of has 106 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 25% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 74% of that cohort has fewer violations than Laurel, City Of. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

States → Nebraska

Community Water System · PWS NE3102705

Laurel, City Of

Operator location Laurel, Nebraska - 100% of 106 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 972 served per SDWIS.

Compiled by PlainWater · May 15, 2026

972
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems: 106
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems: 106
Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share: Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result

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Laurel, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

100% of 106 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 100% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #20,134 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Laurel, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (106), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (972; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 100% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#20,134 of 29,740
Population · /systems: #144 of 250
Population · NE: 106
Total EPA violations on record: 100%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

Water Safety Score

32/100

Laurel, City Of

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F

106

EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)

Monitoring & reporting violations A+

Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)

PFAS contamination N/A

Not UCMR5-tested

Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type: Community
Owner Type: Local
Connections: 519
County: Cedar
School/Daycare: No
MCL Violations: 106
Monitoring Violations: 0
Treatment Tech Violations: 0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Selenium	MCL	56	2013
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	32	2014
Combined Uranium	MCL	12	2009
Nitrate-Nitrite	MCL	6	2025

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Laurel, City Of has 106 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 25% carry more. 100% of this system's own violations are health-based (106 of 106), and it ranks #20,134 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

106 Around the middle fewer violations than 25% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Laurel, City Of plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

How to read this

Each dot is one public water system; the highlighted dot is Laurel, City Of. A system to the right has more recorded violations; a system higher up has a larger share of those violations classified health-based rather than monitoring or reporting.

Rare but serious: few violations, but most of them are health-based.
Frequent, mostly paperwork: many violations, but mostly monitoring or reporting, not health-based.
Clean record: below-median on both counts, the tinted corner.

View all 30 systems as a list

Laurel, City Of: 106 violations, 100% health-based (this system)
City of Ballinger: 372 violations, 85% health-based
Nooksack Valley Water Association: 16 violations, 31% health-based
Montgomery Co RWD 12: 7 violations, 29% health-based
Irvin Water District #6: 11 violations, 27% health-based
Ticonderoga WD: 47 violations, 26% health-based
Pine Valley Plantation: 37 violations, 24% health-based
McLouth, City Of: 29 violations, 17% health-based
Kipling Oaks 1: 25 violations, 16% health-based
South Deerfield Water Supply District: 96 violations, 16% health-based
Sunset Ridge Water District: 82 violations, 15% health-based
Orange Water Dept: 136 violations, 14% health-based
Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1: 167 violations, 11% health-based
Lake Gibson Estates: 42 violations, 2% health-based
Benson Culinary Improvement District: 212 violations, 1% health-based
Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth: 567 violations, 1% health-based
Miccosukee Service Plaza: 0 violations, 0% health-based
Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3: 0 violations, 0% health-based
Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600: 2 violations, 0% health-based
Center Water Co: 5 violations, 0% health-based
Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs: 9 violations, 0% health-based
Great Bend Industrial Park: 14 violations, 0% health-based
Glen Park Village: 19 violations, 0% health-based
Camp Is-Sho-Da: 22 violations, 0% health-based
Hamilton: 33 violations, 0% health-based
Town of Welaka: 54 violations, 0% health-based
Township of Blairstown Dpw: 61 violations, 0% health-based
McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority: 71 violations, 0% health-based
Clarkdale Municipal Water System: 114 violations, 0% health-based
Eureka Water Association: 273 violations, 0% health-based

Health-based violations on Laurel, City Of

106 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NE3102705.

EPA SDWIS · PWS NE3102705

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

106 violations · 972 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

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Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

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What to do with Laurel, City Of

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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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