Question 1

Is Wood River, City Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Wood River, City Of (PWS ID: NE3107901) has 21 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,204 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Wood River, City Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Wood River, City Of serves 1,204 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Wood River or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 530 service connections. The operator address is listed in Wood River, Nebraska.

Question 3

What type of violations does Wood River, City Of have?

Accepted Answer

Wood River, City Of has 21 total violations: 16 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.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Wood River, City Of water?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What water source does Wood River, City Of use?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Wood River, City Of ranks #17,753 of 29,740 by people served, and #116 of 250 in Nebraska. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Wood River, City Of has 21 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 66% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 33% of that cohort has fewer violations than Wood River, 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.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Nitrate	MCL	8	1995
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	8	2014
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	2	2001
Public Notice	Other	1	2002

Wood River, City Of

Wood River, City Of standing, low SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Wood River, City Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers

Cross-state systems near this population served