Lincoln County Water Quality

Name: Lincoln County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lincoln County, Nebraska: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Across the county's systems

Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF4.0 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA17 ng/L

NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF17 ng/LSample date: 2023-06-27 to 2023-12-13

LithiumNORTH PLATTE, CITY OF10 µg/L EPA health reference level (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA27 µg/L

NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF27 µg/LSample date: 2023-06-27 to 2023-12-13

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF10 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA6.5 ng/L

NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF6.5 ng/LSample date: 2023-06-27 to 2023-12-13

Lead (90th percentile)NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA7.59 µg/L

NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF7.59 µg/LMonitoring period: 2023–2025

27 PFAS tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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North PlatteNORTH PLATTE, CITY OF
PFAS sample above a limitLead below action level
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Lincoln County1 of 1 city report had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit

North Platte17 ng/L

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Nebraska

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Nebraska

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

North PlatteNORTH PLATTE, CITY OF · NE3111106
25,000 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Lincoln County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Lincoln County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is North Platte's main water system: NORTH PLATTE, CITY OF · PWSID NE3111106 · Purity Score 49 (Poor) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Lincoln County cities had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit?

1 of 1 Lincoln County city report had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing, including North Platte (PFOS 17 ng/L). That limit is judged on a yearly average, and water systems have until 2029 to meet it, so a single sample is not a violation. PFAS were detected at any level in 1.

Is there lead in Lincoln County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Lincoln County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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