TRI Facilities
233
High
NE · EPA TRI · SDWIS · Superfund
Nebraska environmental disclosure record
According to EPA's 2023 Toxics Release Inventory, Safe Drinking Water Information System, and Superfund National Priorities List extracts, this is Nebraska's full public registry profile, toxic releases, drinking-water systems, and Superfund sites in one place.
- TRI facilities
- 233
- Reported releases
- 86.7M lbs
- #38 of 56
- Water systems
- 593
- Superfund NPL sites
- 19
Nebraska vs. every U.S. state
Cumulative TRI-reported release pounds, with this state marked in the national distribution
87M lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 56 states with TRI reporters
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more states with TRI reporters. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
NE regulatory profile by statute
Violation/site counts mapped to the EPA statutes this portal tracks
- CWA · NPDES
- RCRA · Subtitle C 19
What this shows Counts are mapped to statute as a structural proxy and reflect reported activity, not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk. Clean Air Act (Title V) permit data is not currently ingested by this portal, so air-permit compliance is not shown here.
How Nebraska compares across two EPA disclosure measures
The highlighted point is Nebraska. The vertical axis is the share of tracked water systems with at least one health-based SDWIS record; the horizontal axis is TRI-reported pounds per facility on a logarithmic scale so the full state distribution stays readable. The crosshairs use the portal’s published national benchmark medians.
This matrix compares disclosure rates, not toxicity, exposure, current compliance, or drinking-water safety. A lower position on either axis is not a safety rating; use the underlying facility and water-system records for context.
According to EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts, Nebraska (NE) lists 233 TRI-reporting facilities disclosing 86.7M lbs of toxic releases. The same extracts list 19 Superfund sites and 593 EPA-regulated water systems, of which 351 carry health-based SDWIS violation rows. PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Nebraska is 39/100 (grade F), benchmarked against all U.S. states on chemical release intensity, drinking-water health violations, Superfund site burden, and water violation rate. This is a percentile-derived composite from federal disclosure counts, not a clinical health-risk assessment.
F 39
Nebraska Environmental Health Score
A percentile-benchmarked 0–100 composite from 4 EPA federal datasets, with weight redistribution for any unavailable dimension
Chemical Release Intensity F 59
372K (lbs per facility) Drinking Water Health Violations F 26
59.2% (% of systems) Superfund Site Burden F 16
8.2 (sites per 100 facilities) Water Violation Rate F 51
3.9 (violations per system) Benchmarks derived from EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts across all 56 U.S. states and territories
Water Systems
593
Moderate
Superfund Sites
19
Moderate
Total Releases
86.7M lbs
High
Compliance Snapshot - NE
Sites with no recorded health violations 57.5%
Sites with at least one open violation 42.5%
Nebraska's profile joins three independently maintained EPA programs into one statewide record: the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI, EPCRA Section 313 industrial disclosures), the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS, Safe Drinking Water Act compliance), and the Superfund National Priorities List. Each program uses its own reporting cadence and facility-identification scheme; PlainEnviro joins them by matched facility and system location rather than a shared federal ID, so a site absent from one program is never assumed absent from another. The counts below reflect the portal's rebuild as of August 2026.
Activity clusters in counties such as Lancaster, Douglas, Platte, which account for the highest combined facility, water-system, and Superfund presence. Monitoring and reporting violations are not included in the SDWIS counts shown here.
Every figure reflects the public regulatory record as filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is not weighted for toxicity, geographic footprint, or population exposure. A state can rank high in any individual metric because of industrial history, naturally occurring contaminants in source water, or simply the number of reporting facilities, not because current residents face unsafe conditions. Drill into any county or water system below for the full disclosure record.
What does this state's environmental record show?
TRI Facilities
233
Water Systems
593
Superfund Sites
19
Health-Based Violation Records
2,305
Total Releases
86.7M lbs
cumulative, all reported years
Systems with Records
351
water systems
Release-over-release change
What changed for Nebraska: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+3.7%
198 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+3.8%
16.9 million lb → 17.6 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 4 facilities filed for the first time and 10 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Nebraska's total reported releases rose from 16.9 million lb in 2022 to 17.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nebraska's water releases rose from 5.0 million lb in 2022 to 5.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nebraska's off-site transfers fell from 2.7 million lb in 2022 to 2.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nebraska's air releases rose from 5.7 million lb in 2022 to 5.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Largest Polluters
View all →| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Fresh Meats Inc | 11.5M lbs |
| 2 | Omaha Public Power District Nebraska City Station | 10.1M lbs |
| 3 | Cargill Meat Solutions Corp | 8.0M lbs |
| 4 | Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete | 7.8M lbs |
| 5 | Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc | 5.7M lbs |
| 6 | Adm | 4.8M lbs |
| 7 | Gerald Gentleman Station | 3.8M lbs |
| 8 | Whelan Energy Center (wec 1 Hu Wec 2 Ppga) | 3.5M lbs |
| 9 | Agp Processing Inc | 3.4M lbs |
| 10 | Koch Fertilizer Beatrice,llc | 3.2M lbs |
| 11 | Adm Corn Processing-Columbus | 2.5M lbs |
| 12 | Cargill Corn Milling North America | 1.8M lbs |
| 13 | Adm | 1.4M lbs |
| 14 | Swift Beef Co | 1.3M lbs |
| 15 | City of Fremont Department of Utilities Lon D Wright Power | 1.2M lbs |
| 16 | Lincoln Industries Inc. | 1.2M lbs |
| 17 | Empirical Foods (ssc) | 1.1M lbs |
| 18 | Western Sugar Cooperative | 1.0M lbs |
| 19 | Omaha Public Power District North Omaha Station | 957.0K lbs |
| 20 | Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp USA | 727.7K lbs |
Water Quality
Systems with Health Violations
| Water System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| EDGAR, CITY OF | 428 | 194 |
| MARTINSBURG, VILLAGE OF | 78 | 107 |
| PROSSER, VILLAGE OF | 76 | 85 |
| PHILLIPS, VILLAGE OF | 385 | 66 |
| NORTH LOUP, VILLAGE OF | 197 | 62 |
| CEDAR-KNOX RURAL WATER PROJECT | 2,500 | 57 |
| COLLEGE VIEW PARK | 150 | 56 |
| STEELE CITY, VILLAGE OF | 60 | 52 |
| HUMPHREY, CITY OF | 842 | 48 |
| WAUNETA, VILLAGE OF | 549 | 44 |
| BENKELMAN, CITY OF | 850 | 44 |
| BANCROFT, VILLAGE OF | 496 | 41 |
| EAGLES NEST ESTATES | 52 | 41 |
| WISNER, CITY OF | 1,239 | 38 |
| PLAINVIEW, CITY OF | 1,282 | 35 |
| LODGEPOLE, VILLAGE OF | 206 | 34 |
| ONG, VILLAGE OF | 48 | 34 |
| ALLEN, VILLAGE OF | 377 | 34 |
| LEBANON, VILLAGE OF | 58 | 33 |
| ELGIN, CITY OF | 717 | 32 |
Cities with Water Issues
Omaha
11 water systems
Lincoln
9 water systems
Blair
8 water systems
Kearney
8 water systems
York
8 water systems
Fremont
7 water systems
Columbus
5 water systems
Plattsmouth
5 water systems
Beatrice
4 water systems
Lexington
4 water systems
Gretna
4 water systems
Winnebago
4 water systems
Wahoo
3 water systems
Auburn
3 water systems
Cambridge
3 water systems
Fairbury
3 water systems
Chadron
3 water systems
Eagle
3 water systems
Humboldt
3 water systems
Oakland
3 water systems
Superfund Sites (19)
| Site Name | Status | HRS Score |
|---|---|---|
| 10th Street Site | NPL Site | 28.90 |
| Bruno Co-op Association/Associated Properties | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Cleburn Street Well | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant | NPL Site | 51.13 |
| Garvey Elevator | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Hastings Ground Water Contamination | NPL Site | 42.24 |
| Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co | NPL Site | 40.80 |
| Lindsay Manufacturing Co. | NPL Site | 47.91 |
| Nebraska Ordnance Plant (Former) | NPL Site | 31.94 |
| Ogallala Ground Water Contamination | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Old HWY 275 and N 288th Street | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Omaha Lead | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Parkview Well | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| PCE - Carriage Cleaners | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| PCE Southeast Contamination | NPL Site | 43.33 |
| PCE/TCE Northeast Contamination | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Sherwood Medical Co. | NPL Site | 50.00 |
| Waverly Ground Water Contamination | Deleted NPL Site | 37.93 |
| West Highway 6 & Highway 281 | NPL Site | 50.00 |
Counties (89 total)
| County | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Lancaster | 29 |
| Douglas | 35 |
| Platte | 18 |
| Cass | 3 |
| Buffalo | 8 |
| Dodge | 10 |
| Hall | 13 |
| Sarpy | 9 |
| Gage | 5 |
| Madison | 9 |
| Saunders | 3 |
| York | 5 |
| Otoe | 6 |
| Adams | 9 |
| Washington | 5 |
| Seward | 3 |
| Dawson | 5 |
| Richardson | 1 |
| Dakota | 7 |
| Jefferson | 2 |
Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Nebraska has 89 counties total.
Cities with Environmental Records
Omaha
32 facilities · 11 water systems
Lincoln
26 facilities · 9 water systems
Columbus
17 facilities · 5 water systems
Hastings
11 facilities · 2 water systems
Fremont
10 facilities · 7 water systems
Norfolk
10 facilities · 5 water systems
Grand Island
10 facilities · 1 water systems
Blair
5 facilities · 8 water systems
Kearney
5 facilities · 8 water systems
York
5 facilities · 8 water systems
Nebraska City
5 facilities · 1 water systems
South Sioux City
5 facilities · 1 water systems
Beatrice
4 facilities · 4 water systems
Lexington
4 facilities · 4 water systems
Aurora
4 facilities · 1 water systems
Bellevue
3 facilities · 3 water systems
Holdrege
3 facilities · 2 water systems
Elkhorn
3 facilities · 1 water systems
Seward
3 facilities · 1 water systems
Valley
3 facilities · 1 water systems
Frequently Asked Questions
How many TRI facilities are in Nebraska? ▼
Nebraska has 233 facilities that report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). These facilities have collectively reported 86.7M lbs in total toxic chemical releases. TRI data is self-reported annually by facilities that manufacture, process, or use listed toxic chemicals above threshold amounts.
Does Nebraska have Superfund sites? ▼
Yes, Nebraska has 19 sites on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). Superfund sites are contaminated locations identified for long-term cleanup under the EPA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
What does EPA SDWIS list for drinking water in Nebraska? ▼
Nebraska has 593 EPA-regulated water systems in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) extract used here. 351 water systems have a health-based violation row (MCL exceedance) in this historical extract. A past registry row is not a current drinkability verdict. For current utility conditions, contact the local water utility or the Nebraska drinking water program. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental data is available for Nebraska? ▼
PlainEnviro provides three categories of EPA environmental data for Nebraska: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data covering 233 industrial facilities, Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data for 593 water systems, and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) data for 19 contaminated sites.
How does Nebraska compare to other states on EPA disclosure counts? ▼
Nebraska has 233 TRI facilities with 86.7M lbs in total releases, 19 Superfund sites, and 2,305 water system violations on record. These are federal disclosure counts; they are not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk scores. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL databases.
What is Nebraska's environmental health score? ▼
PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Nebraska is 39/100 (grade F). This score combines four percentile-benchmarked dimensions from EPA federal extracts: chemical release intensity per TRI facility, drinking-water health violation rate from SDWIS, Superfund site burden relative to industrial activity, and overall water violation rate. Scores are benchmarked against all 56 U.S. states and territories. When a dimension lacks data, its weight redistributes to the remaining dimensions so the score never deflates from missing inputs. This is a registry-count composite, not a clinical exposure or health-outcome assessment.
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About This Data
This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Nebraska: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.
PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.
What to do with Nebraska's data
Use this state profile as a starting point, then drill into the specific dataset that matters to you.
- Check the 233 TRI facilities reporting in Nebraska for the largest reported releases near a specific county. View facilities
- 351 water systems in the state have a recorded health-based violation, check if yours is one of them. Check water systems
- See how Nebraska compares to other states on releases, water violations, and Superfund sites. State rankings
Reported data reflects what facilities and agencies disclose to the EPA; it is not a complete measure of environmental risk or a substitute for local guidance.
Use and verify this record
Nebraska's profile brings together EPA release, drinking-water, and Superfund records. It reports the underlying programs without making a health or environmental-risk determination.
State environmental figures are computed directly from EPA data. The methodology records the joins, definitions, and refresh cadence for each program.
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