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Is Scottsbluff, NE tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Scottsbluff, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Nebraska’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Scottsbluff has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Nebraska’s records.

City of Scottsbluff, which serves the most people here, has 4 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 46 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Scottsbluff’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Scottsbluff’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Scottsbluff

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Nebraska certifies.

The lab Nebraska certifies closest to Scottsbluff, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Enviro Services Inc.

    Scottsbluff, NE · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

Nebraska Public Health Environmental Laboratory: Bacteria and nitrate sample kits for private wells, ordered online from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. A bacteria kit is $17 and a nitrate kit $16. Keeping Your Well Water Safe and Sound, Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment.

All 5 certified labs for Nebraska

ZIP codes in Scottsbluff

Which ZIP codes are in Scottsbluff: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Nebraska DHHS, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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