Public water system record
Metropolitan Utilities District
Serves Omaha, Bellevue, La Vista and 4 more places, Douglas County and Sarpy County, NE · 660,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Metropolitan Utilities District in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Metropolitan Utilities District draws water from 86 wells and 1 surface water intake (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Record on file since 1992, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 11,738 lead and 2,505 unknown out of 232,322 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Metropolitan Utilities District go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began December 2000, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 2000 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Metropolitan Utilities District draws water from 86 wells and 1 surface water intake (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 9 other community water systems and 34 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Metropolitan Utilities District.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Bellevue Terrace MHC LLC Bellevue, NE
- Carter Lake Water District Carter Lake, IA
- Maplewood Estates Mobile Home Park Omaha, NE
- Meadowbrook Estates Water System Omaha, NE
- Rio Vista MHP Studio City, CA
- Village of Waterloo Waterloo, NE
- Washington Co Rural Water 1 Blair, NE
- Washington Terrace LLC Bellevue, NE
- Woodland Valley MHC LLC Bellevue, NE
Annual water quality report
Metropolitan Utilities District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Nebraska.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells