Nebraska tap water
3 of 51 Nebraska water systems with full PFAS testing (6%) averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 583 active community water systems in the EPA file; 41 serve 3,300+ people and have a full PFAS set.
- 67 systems had at least one health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
- 2 systems report a lead 90th percentile above 15 ppb (some results are old; check each system page).
Largest systems
| System | People served | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Health-based violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Utilities District | 660,000 | No | 0 |
| Lincoln, City of | 296,000 | No | 0 |
| Grand Island, City of | 51,478 | Yes, at one or more sampling points | 2 |
| Papillion, City of | 35,000 | No | 0 |
| Kearney, City of | 34,000 | No | 0 |
| Fremont, City of | 27,230 | No | 0 |
| Norfolk, City of | 26,147 | No | 0 |
| North Platte, City of | 25,000 | Yes, at one or more sampling points | 0 |
All 3 utilities with a page in Nebraska
- Grand Island, City of 51,478
- Lincoln, City of 296,000
- Metropolitan Utilities District 660,000
Why not "the state's water quality"? You drink from one utility, not a state. Rollups count systems, not people, so one large utility counts the same as a small one. Use the system pages for your actual water.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.