Nebraska City, City Of

Water Quality Snapshot: Nebraska City, City Of

Nebraska City, City Of is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 7,414 residents in Nebraksa City, Nebraska (Otoe County) through 3,108 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 8 total violations for this system , of which 8 (100%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. The most recent violation on record dates to 2009.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Surface Water Treatment Rule, recorded in 4 violations (TT, health-based). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Nebraska, EPA tracks 1,309 public water systems serving 1,798,088 people, with 49,989 cumulative violations and 32,716 health-based violations on record. About 89% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 38.2 violations. Statewide, 52 of 53 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (98.1%).

Nebraska City, City Of's 8 violations sit below the Nebraska average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.