Is COZAD, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

COZAD, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,915 people get their water from it, across 1,683 connections.

How this compares nationally

COZAD, CITY OF has 6 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,553th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.

How COZAD, CITY OF compares within NE

COZAD, CITY OF's 4 health-based violations sit within the NE average of 8.9, across 64 systems statewide. 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 COZAD, CITY OF is from 2015-01-08 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

COZAD, 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)

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

COZAD, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for COZAD, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.