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City of Grand Island

Serves Grand Island, Hall County, NE · 51,478 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for City of Grand Island in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Combined Uranium violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • NE3107902
  • GRAND ISLAND
  • NE
  • 51,478 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 68802
EPA system ID NE3107902

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • City of Grand Island draws water from 26 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Combined Uranium, 32 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Nebraska, March 1998.
  • Record on file since 1998, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 321 lead and 2,794 unknown out of 17,754 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 32 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Uranium
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 32 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Full record since 1998

EPA's records for City of Grand Island go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 0
2000s 1 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
2020s 2 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: 1,1-Dichloroethylene, began January 2001, Resolved.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2001 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1998 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Nebraska regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Grand Island in 1998. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 1998.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 24, 1998 Nebraska Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule

What the violations mean

Combined Uranium

2 incidents

Test results for Combined Uranium were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Where the water comes from

City of Grand Island draws water from 26 wells. 1 other community water system and 5 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from City of Grand Island.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Grand Island 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.

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Testing your own water

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