CRETE, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained

CRETE, 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: 7,566, over 2,722 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

CRETE, CITY OF has 5 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,568th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.

How CRETE, CITY OF compares within NE

Among the 64 NE systems in this dataset, the average is 8.9 health-based violations - CRETE, CITY OF's 4 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for CRETE, CITY OF is from 1998-01-11 (health-based: 1998-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CRETE, 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

This is what CRETE, CITY OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and CRETE, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,568th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.