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City Drinking Water Source Information and Facts

The City of Chadron has three options for supplying its residents with clean drinking water. The city utilizes ground water, surface water from Chadron Creek, and water originating from an infiltration gallery. The city is fortunate that the ground water is clean with low nitrates, but has the challenge of moving this water roughly 18 miles from their well field to town. Since their public supply wells are located outside city jurisdiction, city officals questioned what authority they had to protect their system and drinking water.

For more information on water quality conservation efforts, please visit the Upper Niobrara-White Natural Resource District Web site.

If you would like to test your private well, Nebraska Association of Resource Districts offers free water testing. For more information please visit the NRD Web site.

• Annual Water Report 2007
• Annual Water Report 2007 Test Results(2MB JPEG)
• Chadron Water Supply Facts
• Geology and Hydrology of Chadron Wellfields
• Wellhead Protection Plan
• Wellhead Protection Area
• Chadron Water Supply - Time of Travel from Wellfields
• Chadron Yearly Water Production
• Thickness of Principal Aquifer (5MB JPEG)
• Depth to Base of Aquifer (5MB JPEG)
• Geologic Map (5MB JPEG)
• Configuration of Base of Principal Aquifer (1979) (5MB JPEG)

Water Usage Facts

Did you know that a leak of one drop per second can waste up to 2400 gallons of water a year?

The number one trigger of daytime fatigue is the lack of water.

Homeowners use up to 10 times more chemicals per acre than farmers.

85% of Nebraskans rely on groundwater for drinking water.

A single U.S. quart of motor oil can pollute up to 250,000 gallons of water. Everyone should take used motor oil and other automobile fluids to a service station that advertises collection for reprocessing.

Water Usage Links

Fascinating Water Facts
American Water Works Association