What's in BEATRICE, CITY OF's water?
BEATRICE, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 12,220, over 5,634 connections.
BEATRICE, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BEATRICE, CITY OF ranks 1,278th by violation burden (90th percentile) - 17 violations total, 15 health-baseds.
How BEATRICE, CITY OF compares within NE
NE's 64 covered systems average 8.9 health-based violations each; BEATRICE, CITY OF carries 15, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BEATRICE, CITY OF is from 2009-01-07 (health-based: 2009-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BEATRICE, CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate-Nitrite
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BEATRICE, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 17 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.