Public water system record

Village of Phillips

Serves Phillips, Hamilton County, NE · 385 people served

Federal records show 28 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Village of Phillips in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Combined Uranium violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

NE3108106
PHILLIPS
NE
385 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater

ZIP 68865

EPA system ID NE3108106

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Health-based violations, last 10 years: 28
Resolved: 0
Unresolved: 0
Archived by EPA: 28
Any acute record: No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years: 0

Key facts

Village of Phillips draws water from 2 wells.
Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Combined Uranium, 42 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.4 times the limit), 2024.
Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Nebraska, December 2022.
Record on file since 1992, with 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 75 unknown out of 202 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 31 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (at or just above 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 38 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.3 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 31 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (at or just above 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
Combined Uranium Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 38 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.3 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
Combined Uranium Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 40 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)	340	Apr 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 34 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)	340	Apr 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 36 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Jan 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 41 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)	340	Jan 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 36 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Oct 1, 2024	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 41 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)	340	Oct 1, 2024	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 36 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Jul 1, 2024	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 42 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)	340	Jul 1, 2024	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 35 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Apr 1, 2024	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 41 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)	340	Apr 1, 2024	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 41 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)	340	Jan 1, 2024	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	Jan 1, 2024	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 39 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)	340	Oct 1, 2023	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 33 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)	340	Oct 1, 2023	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 36 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Jul 1, 2023	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, 2023	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	Apr 1, 2023	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 37 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Apr 1, 2023	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 36 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Jan 1, 2023	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	Jan 1, 2023	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 35 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)	340	Oct 1, 2022	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 31 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (at or just above the limit)	340	Oct 1, 2022	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 31 µg/L, federal limit 30 µg/L (at or just above the limit)	340	Jul 1, 2022	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	Apr 1, 2022	Archived Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.	No

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Village of Phillips go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (7 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in	Health-based	Monitoring and reporting
1990s	6	1
2000s	3	2
2010 to October 18, 2016	2	0
2020s	28	0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 2013, Resolved.

Show all 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016

Contaminant	Start date	Status
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Dec 1, 2013	Resolved
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Nov 1, 2013	Resolved
Combined Uranium Contaminant limit exceeded	Oct 1, 2004	Resolved
Combined Uranium Contaminant limit exceeded	Jul 1, 2004	Resolved
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Nov 1, 2002	Resolved
Total Coliform (acute) Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 1998	Resolved
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 1998	Resolved
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Sep 1, 1993	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 1993	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 1992	Archived
Total Coliform (acute) Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 1992	Archived

Enforcement actions

Nebraska regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Village of Phillips in 2022. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2022.

Date	By	Action	Violations covered
Dec 22, 2022	Nebraska	Compliance order (no penalty)	28 violations (28 health-based): Combined Uranium

What the violations mean

Combined Uranium

28 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

Village of Phillips draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Village of Phillips 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Village of Phillips for a copy.

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.

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Lead pipes

Total service lines reported	202
Lead pipes confirmed	0
Galvanized pipes needing replacement	8
Pipes with unknown material	75
Non-lead pipes confirmed	119
Pipes that may be lead or unknown	37.1% (75)
Inventory submitted	Oct 16, 2024
EPA reporting status	Reported all required service line types

Lines of unknown material count as possible lead until the utility identifies them.

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