State rankings
Nebraska water-system rankings
Lowest-scoring systems in Nebraska
Ranked lowest score first. Population shown for context.
1 GRAND ISLAND, CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NE · ~51,478 served 40 2 OMAHA TRIBE PWS MACY, NE · ~1,800 served 60 3 NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF NORTH PLATTE, NE · ~25,000 served 65 4 PLATTSMOUTH, CITY OF PLATTSMOUTH, NE · ~6,680 served 65 5 HASTINGS, CITY OF HASTINGS, NE · ~24,927 served 74 6 AUBURN, CITY OF AUBURN, NE · ~3,478 served 99 7 METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT OMAHA, NE · ~660,000 served 100 8 LINCOLN, CITY OF LINCOLN, NE · ~296,000 served 100 9 PAPILLION, CITY OF PAPILLION, NE · ~35,000 served 100 10 KEARNEY, CITY OF KEARNEY, NE · ~34,000 served 100 11 FREMONT, CITY OF FREMONT, NE · ~27,230 served 100 12 NORFOLK, CITY OF NORFOLK, NE · ~26,147 served 100 13 COLUMBUS, CITY OF COLUMBUS, NE · ~24,028 served 100 14 SCOTTSBLUFF, CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF, NE · ~14,282 served 100 15 SOUTH SIOUX CITY, CITY OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE · ~14,043 served 100 16 BEATRICE, CITY OF BEATRICE, NE · ~12,220 served 100 17 LEXINGTON, CITY OF LEXINGTON, NE · ~10,348 served 100 18 GRETNA, CITY OF GRETNA, NE · ~8,661 served 100 19 GERING, CITY OF GERING, NE · ~8,500 served 100 20 YORK, CITY OF YORK, NE · ~8,091 served 100 21 ALLIANCE, CITY OF ALLIANCE, NE · ~8,070 served 100 22 BLAIR, CITY OF BLAIR, NE · ~8,000 served 100 23 SEWARD, CITY OF SEWARD, NE · ~7,700 served 100 24 CRETE, CITY OF CRETE, NE · ~7,566 served 100 25 MCCOOK, CITY OF MCCOOK, NE · ~7,450 served 100
Highest-scoring large systems in Nebraska
Systems serving 10,000+ people with the best scores.
1 METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT OMAHA, NE · ~660,000 served 100 2 LINCOLN, CITY OF LINCOLN, NE · ~296,000 served 100 3 PAPILLION, CITY OF PAPILLION, NE · ~35,000 served 100 4 KEARNEY, CITY OF KEARNEY, NE · ~34,000 served 100 5 FREMONT, CITY OF FREMONT, NE · ~27,230 served 100 6 NORFOLK, CITY OF NORFOLK, NE · ~26,147 served 100 7 COLUMBUS, CITY OF COLUMBUS, NE · ~24,028 served 100 8 SCOTTSBLUFF, CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF, NE · ~14,282 served 100
Scores reflect EPA public records (violations, enforcement, PFAS), are system-level, and can’t account for your home’s plumbing. See the methodology.