What is the Munimetric score for Nebraska?

Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Nebraska. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.

Which water systems in Nebraska face the most infrastructure stress?

The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Nebraska by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.

How does Nebraska compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?

Nebraska is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.

Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Nebraska water systems?

Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.

Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Nebraska water systems?

Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.

What compliance signals are active in Nebraska?

Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Nebraska water systems.

Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Nebraska?

Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.

How many covered systems in Nebraska have recent recorded drinking-water violations?

Stored public records show 7 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 23 recorded violations across 44 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.

How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Nebraska?

Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 39 covered systems; 39 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.

How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Nebraska?

Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 40 covered systems; 27 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.

What source-water types are represented across covered Nebraska systems?

Stored identity records group covered Nebraska systems by source-water type: Surface water: 10, Groundwater: 34.

Where can I find official drinking-water records for Nebraska?

The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Nebraska.

Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?

No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

States / Nebraska

Nebraska

Name: Nebraska Drinking Water Infrastructure Stress Data
Creator: Munimetric
License: https://munimetric.com/terms

Statewide Munimetric profile for Nebraska, covering drinking-water market scores, signal activity, infrastructure stress context, and population insights across 44 scored service markets serving approximately 1.4 million people. This state profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

Nebraska has an average MISI infrastructure stress score of 20.1/100 in the Stable band as of 2026-08-17. Public records summarize recent drinking-water violations, PFAS monitoring records, lead and copper context, and source-water mix across 44 covered systems. Updated May 2026.

National context

States sized by scored-market count. Color reflects average stress band.

44Markets scored

20.1Headline composite

~1.4MPop. served

179Active signals

Band distribution (MISI)

State headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress16.3 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress3.7 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress0.0 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

20.1 headline compositeNebraska state composite44 markets~1.4M people served

Metropolitan Utilities District35.8watch Grand Island, City of35.4watch Blair, City of32.1watch Wahoo, City of31.1watch Lincoln, City of30.3watch Chadron, City of30.3watch Scottsbluff, City of27.5watch Hastings, City of27.5watch Holdrege, City of26.9watch Kearney, City of26.6watch Gothenburg, City of26.4watch West Point, City of25.7watch Columbus, City of25.6watch Gering, City of25.5watch Sidney, City of25.1watch Schuyler, City of23.9watch Mccook, City of23.0watch York, City of21.8watch Fremont, City of21.6watch South Sioux City, City of21.0watch Lexington, City of19.6stable North Platte, City of19.5stable Papillion, City of19.4stable Wayne, City of19.0stable Norfolk, City of18.6stable Fairbury, City of18.0stable Falls City, City of17.7stable Ogallala, City of17.6stable Cedar-Knox Rural Water Project17.6stable Alliance, City of16.7stable Auburn, City of16.7stable Nebraska City, City of16.3stable Seward, City of16.0stable Cozad, City of13.1stable Plattsmouth, City of12.3stable Beatrice, City of12.0stable Aurora, City of12.0stable Oneill, City of11.9stable Union Pacific Bailey Yards11.5stable Gretna, City of10.8stable Alliance Airport8.7stable Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc - Dakota City5.9stable Sarpy Co Sid 48 - Sapp Brothers5.4stable Crete, City of4.0stable Metropolitan Utilities District35.8watch Grand Island, City of35.4watch Blair, City of32.1watch Wahoo, City of31.1watch Lincoln, City of30.3watch Chadron, City of30.3watch Scottsbluff, City of27.5watch Hastings, City of27.5watch Holdrege, City of26.9watch Kearney, City of26.6watch Gothenburg, City of26.4watch West Point, City of25.7watch Columbus, City of25.6watch Gering, City of25.5watch Sidney, City of25.1watch Schuyler, City of23.9watch Mccook, City of23.0watch York, City of21.8watch Fremont, City of21.6watch South Sioux City, City of21.0watch Lexington, City of19.6stable North Platte, City of19.5stable Papillion, City of19.4stable Wayne, City of19.0stable Norfolk, City of18.6stable Fairbury, City of18.0stable Falls City, City of17.7stable Ogallala, City of17.6stable Cedar-Knox Rural Water Project17.6stable Alliance, City of16.7stable Auburn, City of16.7stable Nebraska City, City of16.3stable Seward, City of16.0stable Cozad, City of13.1stable Plattsmouth, City of12.3stable Beatrice, City of12.0stable Aurora, City of12.0stable Oneill, City of11.9stable Union Pacific Bailey Yards11.5stable Gretna, City of10.8stable Alliance Airport8.7stable Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc - Dakota City5.9stable Sarpy Co Sid 48 - Sapp Brothers5.4stable Crete, City of4.0stable

State interpretation guide

How to read Nebraska headline composite

Plain-language summary

Nebraska currently shows an average MISI headline composite of 20.1 versus a national average of 24.4. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.

Why this page stands out

44 scored systems are included in this state view, with explicit confidence and source-backed context.
State posture is benchmarked against national averages, not evaluated in isolation.
Top system links below connect state-level findings directly to profile-level diagnostics.

What to do next

Review the executive context to understand the state-level pressure pattern.
Open top system profiles to inspect what is actually driving stress at market level.
Use saved monitoring after research access is enabled to follow high-stress systems over time.

Priority Nebraska paths

Public record layer

Statewide Water Quality Context

Stored public-record context for recent drinking-water violations, contaminant monitoring, and source-water mix across covered systems. This is not a tap-water safety determination and does not change the MISI score.

Systems with recent violations

7 of 44Systems with recent public violation rows.

Source-water mix44 systems

Surface water10
Groundwater34
Purchased water0
Mixed source0
Not stored0

Latest identity snapshot: Jun 30, 2026

Coverage

Violation, enforcement, and compliance-burden counts use the recent 3 years window for dated stored records.
Drinking-water identity snapshots are stored for 40 of 44 included scored systems.
PFAS monitoring summary records are stored for 39 of 44 included systems; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
Lead and copper summary records are stored for 40 of 44 included systems; missing records are not treated as absence of lead/copper context.

Water quality questionsDefinitions and public-record context

How many covered systems in Nebraska have recent recorded drinking-water violations?: Stored public records show 7 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 23 recorded violations across 44 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.
How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Nebraska?: Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 39 covered systems; 39 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.
How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Nebraska?: Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 40 covered systems; 27 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.
What source-water types are represented across covered Nebraska systems?: Stored identity records group covered Nebraska systems by source-water type: Surface water: 10, Groundwater: 34.
Where can I find official drinking-water records for Nebraska?: The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Nebraska.
Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?: No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

Official records

Public drinking-water profileEPA ECHO: Federal drinking-water dashboard and public-record search entry point.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: Federal contaminant-monitoring program reference and public data entry point.

Methodology/source notes

Methodology/source notesDisplayed from stored public drinking-water records and official program references. This layer does not change MISI.
Enforcement historyEPA ECHO / SDWIS: Violation and enforcement counts are aggregated from stored public compliance records across covered systems.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: PFAS context uses stored contaminant-monitoring summaries where available; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
State drinking-water programOfficial link not currently stored for this state program mapping.

Top recent compliance-burden systemsRecent 3 years

System	Population	Source water	Recent violations	Recent enforcement	Public-record flags
Cedar-Knox Rural Water ProjectNE3120303	2,500	Surface water	8	22	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, lead/copper context
Gothenburg, City OfNE3104702	3,578	Groundwater	4	16	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records
Blair, City OfNE3117905	8,000	Surface water	4	14	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Chadron, City OfNE3104507	6,257	Surface water	2	8	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Hastings, City OfNE3100101	24,927	Groundwater	2	8	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Grand Island, City OfNE3107902	51,478	Groundwater	2	7	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Wahoo, City OfNE3115512	4,500	Groundwater	1	4	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
West Point, City OfNE3103904	3,550	Groundwater	0	8	recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context

This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. For current advisories or health guidance, consult the utility or state drinking-water program.

Executive context

What This Page Shows

44 of the community drinking-water systems in Nebraska are currently scored. Analytics below are calculated from this covered subset only. Covered systems serve approximately 1.4M people.

What the Data Suggests

Nebraska has 44 scored service markets in the Munimetric coverage set, covering roughly 1.4 million residents in total. At the latest reading, the state-level average lands at 20.1 out of 100, indicating limited signs of structural stress in aggregate. No markets currently sit in elevated-stress bands.

Across state markets, Capex Pressure stands out as the dominant contributor to headline stress (10.8 points average), with Operational Stress a distant second at 5.6. That pattern suggests a particular kind of pressure — concentrated rather than broadly distributed.

179 active signals are recorded across state markets. The most prevalent is PFAS Contamination Risk, affecting 39 markets.

State-level average stress has been relatively steady between recent observation periods, suggesting the current picture reflects persistent conditions rather than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Recent Movement

Latest average MISI is 20.1 as of Aug 17, 2026. Movement since Aug 16, 2026 is flat.

Compact summary from 95 stored state observations.

State Family Contribution Summary

Capex Pressure10.8 / 20.0

Operational Stress5.6 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility2.8 / 20.0

Governance Risk0.7 / 20.0

Rate Constraint0.2 / 20.0

Signals

Signal Frequency

Signal	Severity	Markets affected	% of scored
PFAS Contamination Risk	high	39	89%
Current Drought Severity	high	31	70%
High-AGI Out-Migration	high	29	66%
Lead & Copper Rule Risk	high	27	61%
Climate Hazard Exposure	high	20	45%
Compliance Escalation	high	11	25%
Parent-Government Fiscal Stress	high	7	16%
Population Served Decline	medium	7	16%
Income Erosion	low	3	7%
Infrastructure Capital Gap	medium	2	5%
Housing Market Weakness	medium	2	5%
Monitoring / Reporting Failures	medium	1	2%

Markets

Top Markets

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Metropolitan Utilities District	35.8	Watch	660K	7
2	Grand Island, City of	35.4	Watch	51K	6
3	Blair, City of	32.1	Watch	8K	7
4	Wahoo, City of	31.1	Watch	5K	5
5	Lincoln, City of	30.3	Watch	296K	5
6	Chadron, City of	30.3	Watch	6K	6
7	Scottsbluff, City of	27.5	Watch	14K	5
8	Hastings, City of	27.5	Watch	25K	6
9	Holdrege, City of	26.9	Watch	6K	5
10	Kearney, City of	26.6	Watch	34K	5
11	Gothenburg, City of	26.4	Watch	4K	4
12	West Point, City of	25.7	Watch	4K	6
13	Columbus, City of	25.6	Watch	24K	5
14	Gering, City of	25.5	Watch	9K	5
15	Sidney, City of	25.1	Watch	7K	5
16	Schuyler, City of	23.9	Watch	7K	5
17	Mccook, City of	23.0	Watch	7K	4
18	York, City of	21.8	Watch	8K	5
19	Fremont, City of	21.6	Watch	27K	5
20	South Sioux City, City of	21.0	Watch	14K	4

Comparison

State Comparison

National average: 24.4

Rank	State	Avg Score	Band	Markets	Delta vs State
39	Wyoming	21.1	Watch	25	+1.1
40	Hawaii	20.9	Watch	40	+0.8
41	Nebraska	20.1	Stable	44	+0.0
42	Maine	20.0	Watch	33	-0.0
43	New Hampshire	19.9	Watch	42	-0.2

Analytical posture

State Stress Analytics

Score Distribution

Distribution of scored market scores with the state average overlay.

44 markets plotted.

Stress vs Population

Each point is a scored market; tooltip reveals market-level context.

44 markets plotted.

Population View

People served by community water systems in Nebraska, colored by stress band.

~1.4M people served by 44 systems in Nebraska

Stable

Watch

Fragile

High Stress

Critical

44 scored systems · colored by stress band

Peer Constellation

Select a market to see its nearest peers by score similarity.

Center market:

24 nearest peers by score distance.

Score Trend

Latest

20.1

Trend

+17.1

Observations

Extended layers

Advanced State Context

Priority views, detailed registers, and methodology supporting the analytical core above.

Markets & signals

Priority Views

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Metropolitan Utilities District	35.8	Watch	660K	7
2	Grand Island, City of	35.4	Watch	51K	6
3	Blair, City of	32.1	Watch	8K	7
4	Wahoo, City of	31.1	Watch	5K	5
5	Lincoln, City of	30.3	Watch	296K	5
6	Chadron, City of	30.3	Watch	6K	6
7	Scottsbluff, City of	27.5	Watch	14K	5
8	Hastings, City of	27.5	Watch	25K	6
9	Holdrege, City of	26.9	Watch	6K	5
10	Kearney, City of	26.6	Watch	34K	5
11	Gothenburg, City of	26.4	Watch	4K	4
12	West Point, City of	25.7	Watch	4K	6
13	Columbus, City of	25.6	Watch	24K	5
14	Gering, City of	25.5	Watch	9K	5
15	Sidney, City of	25.1	Watch	7K	5
16	Schuyler, City of	23.9	Watch	7K	5
17	Mccook, City of	23.0	Watch	7K	4
18	York, City of	21.8	Watch	8K	5
19	Fremont, City of	21.6	Watch	27K	5
20	South Sioux City, City of	21.0	Watch	14K	4

Detailed records

Registers

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Metropolitan Utilities District	35.8	Watch	660K	7
2	Grand Island, City of	35.4	Watch	51K	6
3	Blair, City of	32.1	Watch	8K	7
4	Wahoo, City of	31.1	Watch	5K	5
5	Lincoln, City of	30.3	Watch	296K	5
6	Chadron, City of	30.3	Watch	6K	6
7	Scottsbluff, City of	27.5	Watch	14K	5
8	Hastings, City of	27.5	Watch	25K	6
9	Holdrege, City of	26.9	Watch	6K	5
10	Kearney, City of	26.6	Watch	34K	5
11	Gothenburg, City of	26.4	Watch	4K	4
12	West Point, City of	25.7	Watch	4K	6
13	Columbus, City of	25.6	Watch	24K	5
14	Gering, City of	25.5	Watch	9K	5
15	Sidney, City of	25.1	Watch	7K	5
16	Schuyler, City of	23.9	Watch	7K	5
17	Mccook, City of	23.0	Watch	7K	4
18	York, City of	21.8	Watch	8K	5
19	Fremont, City of	21.6	Watch	27K	5
20	South Sioux City, City of	21.0	Watch	14K	4

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 44 community drinking-water systems in Nebraska, covering compliance conditions, capital needs, revenue and rate pressure, and governance risk. Use this page to research which systems face the highest structural stress and how Nebraska compares nationally.

Which water systems in Nebraska face the most infrastructure stress?: The highest-stress systems in Nebraska are ranked by MISI score above. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk—not a single compliance event. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.
How does Nebraska compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Nebraska is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. The state comparison table above shows where Nebraska ranks nationally and how its average score compares.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Nebraska water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
What compliance signals are active in Nebraska?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, data staleness, and financial stress indicators across Nebraska systems. The signal frequency table above summarizes which signals are most prevalent statewide.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Nebraska?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions—compliance posture, infrastructure stress, and governance risk—that provide broader context around system reliability.

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Water Infrastructure in Nebraska

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 44 community drinking-water systems in Nebraska. Each system receives a Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score from 0 to 100, calculated across five risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. Scores are source-backed and deterministic, drawing from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic data, FEMA National Risk Index hazard profiles, and state financial disclosures.

State-level monitoring shows which systems face the highest structural stress, how Nebraska compares against other states nationally, and which monitoring signals are most active across the state. Each individual system profile includes compliance history, score family drivers, peer rankings within population-based cohorts where safeguards pass, and public source context. Full provenance cards and source workbench views remain workflow-gated. Munimetric covers community water systems across all 50 states and territories. This is structural risk research—not a water quality rating, advisory feed, or credit rating. Updated May 2026.

The statewide public-record layer adds drinking-water violation categories, PFAS monitoring summaries where stored, lead and copper context, source-water mix, and official record links across covered systems. These records help explain water-system context alongside infrastructure stress without turning Munimetric into a tap-water safety determination.

What is the Munimetric score for Nebraska?: Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Nebraska. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.
Which water systems in Nebraska face the most infrastructure stress?: The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Nebraska by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.
How does Nebraska compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Nebraska is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Nebraska water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Nebraska water systems?: Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.
What compliance signals are active in Nebraska?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Nebraska water systems.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Nebraska?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.