Community Water System · PWS NE3112705
Peru, City Of
Operator location Peru, Nebraska - 36% of 36 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 650 served per SDWIS.
- 650
- People served (this PWS)
- 36
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Peru, City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
36% of 36 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 36% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #25,288 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Peru, City Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (36), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (650; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 36% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #25,288 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #203 of 250
- Population · NE
- 36
- Total EPA violations on record
- 36%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 238
- County
- Nemaha
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 13
- Monitoring Violations
- 15
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 15 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 13 | 2002 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Peru, City Of has 36 recorded EPA violations, 47% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 52% carry more. 36% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 36), and it ranks #25,288 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)
36 Lower than most fewer violations than 52% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Peru, City Of
13 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NE3112705.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
36 violations · 650 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Peru, City Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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