Physical & aggregate · 2025
Turbidity in Lincoln, NE tap water
Lincoln, NE's 2025 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 95 (Treatment technique).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Highest single sample System-wide | 0.16 | 95 Treatment technique |
Verbatim from Lincoln, NE's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Turbidity
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.
High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
How Lincoln, NE compares
4 of the 240 systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:
People also ask
+Is there Turbidity in Lincoln, NE tap water?
Yes — Lincoln, NE's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.16. Lincoln, NE's 2025 Turbidity measurement is below the federal limit of 95 (Treatment technique).
+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?
The federal Treatment technique for Turbidity is 95 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Turbidity?
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Turbidity over the federal limit?
4 of the 240 systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Birmingham, AL, Albuquerque, NM, Freedom District, MD.
+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lincoln, NE water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ne/lincoln/2025/source.