Nebraska Water Systems

596 community water systems in Nebraska, ranked by violation count. Data from EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS).

Water Systems
596
Total Violations
2,160
Health Violations
352 systems
Population Served
1,713,190

Nebraska operates 596 community water systems regulated by the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Together these utilities serve an estimated 1,713,190 residents, each filing compliance results with the state's primacy agency and, for federally listed contaminants, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Across the state, SDWIS records contain 2,160 total violations, of which 352 systems carry at least one active health-based violation, a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) exceedance or treatment-technique failure. That represents roughly 59% of Nebraska systems.

Violation counts reflect both infrastructure realities and reporting diligence, a state with more small rural systems will accumulate more monitoring-type violations without necessarily delivering worse water. Health-based violations are the stronger safety signal. A past violation does not itself indicate current unsafe water; utilities must notify customers, remediate, and publish an annual Consumer Confidence Report. All numbers below draw directly from the federal SDWIS record.

Which water systems have violations? (297)

# System Name Violations Health
1 EDGAR, CITY OF Edgar 194 Yes
2 PHILLIPS, VILLAGE OF Phillips 58 Yes
3 CEDAR-KNOX RURAL WATER PROJECT Hartington 56 Yes
4 COLLEGE VIEW PARK Columbus 54 Yes
5 HUMPHREY, CITY OF Humphrey 46 Yes
6 BENKELMAN, CITY OF Benkelman 44 Yes
7 WAUNETA, VILLAGE OF Wauneta 44 Yes
8 WISNER, CITY OF Wisner 35 Yes
9 LODGEPOLE, VILLAGE OF Lodgepole 34 Yes
10 PLAINVIEW, CITY OF Plainview 33 Yes
11 ELGIN, CITY OF Elgin 32 Yes
12 ALLEN, VILLAGE OF Allen 32 Yes
13 NORTH LOUP, VILLAGE OF North Loup 31 Yes
14 BANCROFT, VILLAGE OF Bancroft 28 Yes
15 BRAINARD, VILLAGE OF Brainard 14 Yes
16 ITHACA, VILLAGE OF Ithaca 14 Yes
17 ADAMS, VILLAGE OF Adams 13 Yes
18 STAPLEHURST, VILLAGE OF Staplehurst 13 Yes
19 BLAIR, CITY OF Blair 12 Yes
20 AINSWORTH, CITY OF Ainsworth 12 Yes
21 PAXTON, VILLAGE OF Paxton 12 Yes
22 BELDEN, VILLAGE OF Belden 12 Yes
23 SEWARD, CITY OF Seward 11 Yes
24 ALVO, VILLAGE OF Alvo 11 Yes
25 GENOA, CITY OF Genoa 10 Yes
26 HOWELLS, VILLAGE OF Howells 10 Yes
27 BRUNSWICK, VILLAGE OF Brunswick 10 Yes
28 HARDY, VILLAGE OF Superior 10 Yes
29 HASTINGS, CITY OF Hastings 9 Yes
30 STANTON, CITY OF Stanton 9 Yes
31 OSMOND, CITY OF Osmond 9 Yes
32 MCCOOL JUNCTION, VILLAGE OF Mccool Junction 9 Yes
33 WOLBACH, VILLAGE OF Wolbach 9 Yes
34 OCONTO, VILLAGE OF Oconto 9 Yes
35 WAYNE, CITY OF Wayne 8 Yes
36 AXTELL, VILLAGE OF Axtell 8 Yes
37 DUNCAN, VILLAGE OF Duncan 8 Yes
38 BRADSHAW, VILLAGE OF Bradshaw 8 Yes
39 GRESHAM, VILLAGE OF Gresham 8 Yes
40 HOLDREGE, CITY OF Holdrege 7 Yes
41 MILFORD, CITY OF Milford 7 Yes
42 SANTEE UTILITY COMMISSION Niobrara 7 Yes
43 OVERTON, VILLAGE OF Overton 7 Yes
44 SARGENT, CITY OF Sargent 7 Yes
45 WILCOX, VILLAGE OF Wilcox 7 Yes
46 JOHNSON, VILLAGE OF Johnson 7 Yes
47 GOEHNER, VILLAGE OF Goehner 7 Yes
48 ROYAL, VILLAGE OF Royal 7 Yes
49 WINNEBAGO TRIBE POW WOW GROUNDS Winnebago 7 Yes
50 CONCORD, VILLAGE OF Concord 7 Yes
51 ONEILL, CITY OF O'neill 6 Yes
52 CUMING CO RWD 1 Beemer 6 Yes
53 TEKAMAH, CITY OF Tekamah 6 Yes
54 LAUREL, CITY OF Laurel 6 Yes
55 TILDEN, CITY OF Tilden 6 Yes
56 OSHKOSH, CITY OF Oshkosh 6 Yes
57 NEMAHA CO RWD 1 Auburn 6 Yes
58 OAKDALE, VILLAGE OF Oakdale 6 Yes
59 STRATTON, VILLAGE OF Stratton 6 Yes
60 GREEN ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK Omaha 6 Yes
61 MILLIGAN, VILLAGE OF Milligan 6 Yes
62 GURLEY, VILLAGE OF Gurley 6 Yes
63 ROCA, VILLAGE OF Roca 6 Yes
64 WYNOT, VILLAGE OF Wynot 6 Yes
65 BROADWATER, VILLAGE OF Broadwater 6 Yes
66 BROWNVILLE, VILLAGE OF Brownville 6 Yes
67 SHUBERT, VILLAGE OF Stella 6 Yes
68 FORDYCE, VILLAGE OF Wynot 6 Yes
69 TOBIAS, VILLAGE OF Tobias 6 Yes
70 JANSEN, VILLAGE OF Jansen 6 Yes
71 LEXINGTON, CITY OF Lexington 5 Yes
72 WEST POINT, CITY OF West Point 5 Yes
73 OMAHA TRIBE PWS Macy 5 Yes
74 FULLERTON, CITY OF Fullerton 5 Yes
75 ELMWOOD, VILLAGE OF Elmwood 5 Yes
76 SARPY CO SID 79 - MEADOW OAKS Springfield 5 Yes
77 BRUNING, VILLAGE OF Bruning 5 Yes
78 LINDSAY, VILLAGE OF Lindsay 5 Yes
79 FUNK, VILLAGE OF Funk 5 Yes
80 BENEDICT, VILLAGE OF Benedict 5 Yes
81 ULYSSES, VILLAGE OF Ulysses 5 Yes
82 YORK, CITY OF York 4 Yes
83 FAIRBURY, CITY OF Fairbury 4 Yes
84 AUBURN, CITY OF Auburn 4 Yes
85 HICKMAN, CITY OF Hickman 4 Yes
86 ARAPAHOE, CITY OF Arapahoe 4 Yes
87 RICHARDSON CO RWD 2 Falls City 4 Yes
88 PONCA, CITY OF Ponca 4 Yes
89 CLAY CENTER, CITY OF Clay Center 4 Yes
90 BASSETT, CITY OF Bassett 4 Yes
91 EUSTIS, VILLAGE OF Eustis 4 Yes
92 ORCHARD, VILLAGE OF Orchard 4 Yes
93 CLARKS, VILLAGE OF Clarks 4 Yes
94 PLATTE CENTER, VILLAGE OF Platte Center 4 Yes
95 MAXWELL, VILLAGE OF Maxwell 4 Yes
96 MONROE, VILLAGE OF Monroe 4 Yes
97 ARCADIA, VILLAGE OF Arcadia 4 Yes
98 MURDOCK, VILLAGE OF Murdock 4 Yes
99 DOUGLAS, VILLAGE OF Douglas 4 Yes
100 UNION, VILLAGE OF Union 4 Yes
101 DUNBAR, VILLAGE OF Dunbar 4 Yes
102 LANCASTER CO SID 3 - HOLLAND Holland 4 Yes
103 MASON CITY, VILLAGE OF Mason City 4 Yes
104 HYANNIS, VILLAGE OF Hyannis 4 Yes
105 BLOOMINGTON, VILLAGE OF Bloomington 4 Yes
106 DUBOIS, VILLAGE OF Dubois 4 Yes
107 EDISON, VILLAGE OF Edison 4 Yes
108 DUNNING, VILLAGE OF Dunning 4 Yes
109 PAPILLION, CITY OF Papillion 3 Yes
110 KEARNEY, CITY OF Kearney 3 Yes
111 NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF North Platte 3 Yes
112 COLUMBUS, CITY OF Columbus 3 Yes
113 AURORA, CITY OF Aurora 3 Yes
114 WILBER, CITY OF Wilber 3 Yes
115 GIBBON, CITY OF Gibbon 3 Yes
116 WYMORE, CITY OF Wymore 3 Yes
117 WEEPING WATER, CITY OF Weeping Water 3 Yes
118 LOWER BIG BLUE NRD - WYMORE Beatrice 3 Yes
119 UTICA, VILLAGE OF Utica 3 Yes
120 DONIPHAN, VILLAGE OF Doniphan 3 Yes
121 CAIRO, VILLAGE OF Cairo 3 Yes
122 ALDA, VILLAGE OF Alda 3 Yes
123 PERU, CITY OF Peru 3 Yes
124 DODGE, VILLAGE OF Dodge 3 Yes
125 BEAVER CITY, CITY OF Beaver 3 Yes
126 GREENWOOD, VILLAGE OF Greenwood 3 Yes
127 GILTNER, VILLAGE OF Giltner 3 Yes
128 NEBRASKA CENTER FOR WOMEN York 3 Yes
129 HILDRETH, VILLAGE OF Hildreth 3 Yes
130 POLK, VILLAGE OF Polk 3 Yes
131 PETERSBURG, VILLAGE OF Petersburg 3 Yes
132 CLEARWATER, VILLAGE OF Clearwater 3 Yes
133 DALTON, VILLAGE OF Dalton 3 Yes
134 SCOTIA, VILLAGE OF Scotia 3 Yes
135 GLENVIL, VILLAGE OF Glenvil 3 Yes
136 SNYDER, VILLAGE OF Snyder 3 Yes
137 PALISADE, VILLAGE OF Palisade 3 Yes
138 PILGER, VILLAGE OF Pilger 3 Yes
139 PANAMA, VILLAGE OF Panama 3 Yes
140 RAYMOND, VILLAGE OF Raymond 3 Yes
141 ELBA, VILLAGE OF Elba 3 Yes
142 COTTONWOOD MEADOWS York 3 Yes
143 HAIGLER, VILLAGE OF Haigler 3 Yes
144 CODY, VILLAGE OF Cody 3 Yes
145 BELGRADE, VILLAGE OF Belgrade 3 Yes
146 SAUNDERS CO SID 4 - PAWNEE MEADOWS Fremont 3 Yes
147 SUNRISE COUNTRY MANOR Milford 3 Yes
148 GRETNA, CITY OF Gretna 2 Yes
149 WAVERLY, CITY OF Waverly 2 Yes
150 GOTHENBURG, CITY OF Gothenburg 2 Yes
151 TECUMSEH, CITY OF Tecumseh 2 Yes
152 CASS CO RWD 2 Elmwood 2 Yes
153 SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF Springfield 2 Yes
154 MITCHELL, CITY OF Mitchell 2 Yes
155 WAKEFIELD, CITY OF Wakefield 2 Yes
156 WOOD RIVER, CITY OF Wood River 2 Yes
157 BENNET, VILLAGE OF Bennet 2 Yes
158 HENDERSON, CITY OF Henderson 2 Yes
159 SAUNDERS CO SID 8 Fremont 2 Yes
160 CERESCO, VILLAGE OF Ceresco 2 Yes
161 CHAPPELL, CITY OF Chappell 2 Yes
162 RICHARDSON CO RWD 1 Humboldt 2 Yes
163 MINATARE, CITY OF Minatare 2 Yes
164 OTOE CO RWD 1 Nebraska City 2 Yes
165 ELWOOD, VILLAGE OF Elwood 2 Yes
166 CLARKSON, CITY OF Clarkson 2 Yes
167 FIRTH, VILLAGE OF Firth 2 Yes
168 DORCHESTER, VILLAGE OF Dorchester 2 Yes
169 INDIANOLA, CITY OF Indianola 2 Yes
170 PALMYRA, VILLAGE OF Palmyra 2 Yes
171 WEST KNOX RWD Verdigre 2 Yes
172 COLERIDGE, VILLAGE OF Coleridge 2 Yes
173 TRENTON, VILLAGE OF Trenton 2 Yes
174 NELSON, CITY OF Nelson 2 Yes
175 HAMPTON, VILLAGE OF Hampton 2 Yes
176 BARTLEY, VILLAGE OF Cambridge 2 Yes
177 SPENCER, VILLAGE OF Spencer 2 Yes
178 UNADILLA, VILLAGE OF Unadilla 2 Yes
179 CLATONIA, VILLAGE OF Clatonia 2 Yes
180 LONG PINE, CITY OF Long Pine 2 Yes
181 MEADOW GROVE, VILLAGE OF Meadow Grove 2 Yes
182 CHAMBERS, VILLAGE OF Chambers 2 Yes
183 MAYWOOD, VILLAGE OF Maywood 2 Yes
184 SARPY CO SID 38 - HIGHLAND ESTATES Papillion 2 Yes
185 TABLE ROCK, VILLAGE OF Table Rock 2 Yes
186 GUIDE ROCK, VILLAGE OF Guide Rock 2 Yes
187 GARLAND, VILLAGE OF Garland 2 Yes
188 STAMFORD, VILLAGE OF Stamford 2 Yes
189 PICKRELL, VILLAGE OF Pickrell 2 Yes
190 SUNSET VIEW MOBILE HOME PARK Kearney 2 Yes
191 TRUMBULL, VILLAGE OF Trumbull 2 Yes
192 CARROLL, VILLAGE OF Carroll 2 Yes
193 BOELUS, VILLAGE OF Boelus 2 Yes
194 DAYKIN, VILLAGE OF Daykin 2 Yes
195 WINNEBAGO TRIBE- THUNDER WAY HOUSING Winnebago 2 Yes
196 SCOTTS BLUFF CO SID 10 - WILDCAT HILLS Gering 2 Yes
197 HORDVILLE, VILLAGE OF Hordville 2 Yes
198 FILLEY, VILLAGE OF Filley 2 Yes
199 BROCK, VILLAGE OF Brock 2 Yes
200 ATLANTA, VILLAGE OF Holdrege 2 Yes
201 NEMAHA, VILLAGE OF Auburn 2 Yes
202 NAPER, VILLAGE OF Naper 2 Yes
203 GRAND ISLAND, CITY OF Grand Island 1 Yes
204 GERING, CITY OF Gering 1 Yes
205 MCCOOK, CITY OF Mccook 1 Yes
206 SCHUYLER, CITY OF Schuyler 1 Yes
207 LANCASTER CO RWD 1 Bennet 1 Yes
208 WAHOO, CITY OF Wahoo 1 Yes
209 COZAD, CITY OF Cozad 1 Yes
210 CENTRAL CITY, CITY OF Central City 1 Yes
211 MADISON, CITY OF Madison 1 Yes
212 ORD, CITY OF Ord 1 Yes
213 PIERCE, CITY OF Pierce 1 Yes
214 NELIGH, CITY OF Neligh 1 Yes
215 LITTLE BLUE NRD RWD 1 Fairbury 1 Yes
216 HEBRON, CITY OF Hebron 1 Yes
217 PAWNEE CO RWD #1 Pawnee City 1 Yes
218 GORDON, CITY OF Gordon 1 Yes
219 RAVENNA, CITY OF Ravenna 1 Yes
220 HARTINGTON, CITY OF Hartington 1 Yes
221 CASS CO SID 5 - BUCCANEER BAY Plattsmouth 1 Yes
222 LOUISVILLE, CITY OF Louisville 1 Yes
223 ATKINSON, CITY OF Atkinson 1 Yes
224 NORTH BEND, CITY OF North Bend 1 Yes
225 BAYARD, CITY OF Bayard 1 Yes
226 GRANT, CITY OF Grant 1 Yes
227 STROMSBURG, CITY OF Stromsburg 1 Yes
228 CREIGHTON, CITY OF Creighton 1 Yes
229 TERRYTOWN, CITY OF Terrytown 1 Yes
230 BURWELL, CITY OF Burwell 1 Yes
231 CAMBRIDGE, CITY OF Cambridge 1 Yes
232 EAGLE, VILLAGE OF Eagle 1 Yes
233 SHELTON, VILLAGE OF Shelton 1 Yes
234 ALMA, CITY OF Alma 1 Yes
235 BLOOMFIELD, CITY OF Bloomfield 1 Yes
236 BLUE HILL, CITY OF Blue Hill 1 Yes
237 ELM CREEK, VILLAGE OF Elm Creek 1 Yes
238 HOOPER, CITY OF Hooper 1 Yes
239 DESHLER, CITY OF Deshler 1 Yes
240 NEWMAN GROVE, CITY OF Newman Grove 1 Yes
241 ST EDWARD, CITY OF St Edward 1 Yes
242 BEEMER, VILLAGE OF Beemer 1 Yes
243 FAIRMONT, VILLAGE OF Fairmont 1 Yes
244 CEDAR BLUFFS, VILLAGE OF Cedar Bluffs 1 Yes
245 VALPARAISO, VILLAGE OF Valparaiso 1 Yes
246 EXETER, VILLAGE OF Exeter 1 Yes
247 CULBERTSON, VILLAGE OF Culbertson 1 Yes
248 HOMER, VILLAGE OF Homer 1 Yes
249 BOYD CO RWD 2 Spencer 1 Yes
250 STERLING, VILLAGE OF Sterling 1 Yes
251 ANSLEY, VILLAGE OF Ansley 1 Yes
252 DOUGLAS CO SID 303 - SKYLINE WOODS Omaha 1 Yes
253 PLYMOUTH, VILLAGE OF Plymouth 1 Yes
254 BRADY, VILLAGE OF Brady 1 Yes
255 LOOMIS, VILLAGE OF Loomis 1 Yes
256 RISING CITY, VILLAGE OF Rising City 1 Yes
257 EWING, VILLAGE OF Ewing 1 Yes
258 BIC JOINT WATER AGENCY Cambridge 1 Yes
259 POTTER, VILLAGE OF Potter 1 Yes
260 COOK, VILLAGE OF Cook 1 Yes
261 PLEASANT DALE, VILLAGE OF Pleasant Dale 1 Yes
262 WESTON, VILLAGE OF Weston 1 Yes
263 STAPLETON, VILLAGE OF Stapleton 1 Yes
264 CHAPMAN, VILLAGE OF Chapman 1 Yes
265 SARPY CO SID 81 - FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS Gretna 1 Yes
266 MULLEN, VILLAGE OF Mullen 1 Yes
267 MADRID, VILLAGE OF Madrid 1 Yes
268 HERMAN, VILLAGE OF Herman 1 Yes
269 WAU COL RWS - EAST SIDE Oakland 1 Yes
270 AVOCA, VILLAGE OF Avoca 1 Yes
271 HARRISON, VILLAGE OF Harrison 1 Yes
272 WESTERN, VILLAGE OF Western 1 Yes
273 BLADEN, VILLAGE OF Bladen 1 Yes
274 CRESTON, VILLAGE OF Creston 1 Yes
275 DAWSON, VILLAGE OF Dawson 1 Yes
276 SPRINGVIEW, VILLAGE OF Springview 1 Yes
277 ASHTON, VILLAGE OF Ashton 1 Yes
278 VENANGO, VILLAGE OF Venango 1 Yes
279 FARNAM, VILLAGE OF Farnam 1 Yes
280 PAGE, VILLAGE OF Page 1 Yes
281 HENRY, VILLAGE OF Henry 1 Yes
282 DAVEY, VILLAGE OF Davey 1 Yes
283 REPUBLICAN CITY, VILLAGE OF Republican City 1 Yes
284 CORDOVA, VILLAGE OF Cordova 1 Yes
285 HARRISBURG WATER SYSTEM Scottsbluff 1 Yes
286 UPLAND, VILLAGE OF Upland 1 Yes
287 OHIOWA, VILLAGE OF Ohiowa 1 Yes
288 ELSIE, VILLAGE OF Elsie 1 Yes
289 MEADOW ACRES MHP HAYS KS, LLC Alliance 1 Yes
290 GRAFTON, VILLAGE OF Grafton 1 Yes
291 SARPY CO SID 34 - SARPY HEIGHTS Gretna 1 Yes
292 MORSE BLUFF, VILLAGE OF Morse Bluff 1 Yes
293 BEE, VILLAGE OF Bee 1 Yes
294 EAGLE LAKE SUBDIVISION Eagle 1 Yes
295 EAST PARK ESTATES Atkinson 1 Yes
296 DANBURY, VILLAGE OF Danbury 1 Yes
297 LANCASTER CO SID 6 - VILLAGE OF EMERALD Lincoln 1 Yes

Systems with No Violations (203)

203 water systems in Nebraska have zero recorded violations. Showing the 50 largest by population served.

All Water Systems in Nebraska (596)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many water systems are in Nebraska?
Nebraska has 596 community water systems tracked by the EPA, serving a combined population of 1,713,190 people.
How many water systems in Nebraska have health violations?
352 water systems in Nebraska have health-based violations, which include Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and Treatment Technique (TT) violations. These represent 59% of all systems in the state.
What is the total number of water violations in Nebraska?
Nebraska water systems have accumulated 2,160 total violations across all 596 community water systems.

About This Data

Water system data is from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations include Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and Treatment Technique (TT) violations that may pose a direct risk to public health. Only community water systems (CWS) are included.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services

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