Public water system · NE3121477
ActiveDarling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility
At a glance
Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility (PWSID NE3121477) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Saunders County, Nebraska. It reports serving 89 people through 14 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
89
Service connections
14
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
NTNCWS
Non-transient non-community water system
System record
How does Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility compare with other water systems in Saunders County?
By EPA's size categories, Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Saunders County has 39 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 423 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 16,487 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Nebraska, the 1,226 active systems average 1,472 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility is well below that figure.
What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?
A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Nebraska has 138 active non-transient non-community water systems, 11% of the state's 1,226 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,095 Nebraska systems (89%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility?
EPA lists Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility as owned by a local government. The NE state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 20 of the 39 active systems in Saunders County (51%) are also owned by a local government.
Does Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024. The violations listed here began between April 2020 and October 2024. By type: 1 reporting and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Lead and Copper Rule Revisions and Arsenic. EPA lists 2 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-17 | ReportingLSL Reporting · code 4G | Lead and Copper Rule Revisionscode 5200 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Arseniccode 1005 | No | Resolved |
All 2 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility: frequently asked questions
Who runs Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility?
Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility (PWSID NE3121477) is a non-transient non-community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the NE state drinking water program.
How many people does Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility serve?
Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility reports serving 89 people through 14 service connections in Saunders County, Nebraska.
Where does Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NE state drinking water program.
Where can I find Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Saunders County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahoo, City of | Saunders | 4,500 | Community | Groundwater |
| Ashland, City of | Saunders | 3,369 | Community | Groundwater |
| Yutan, City of | Saunders | 1,274 | Community | Groundwater |
| Saunders Co Sid 8 | Saunders | 925 | Community | Groundwater |
| Ceresco, Village of | Saunders | 919 | Community | Groundwater |
| Valparaiso, Village of | Saunders | 600 | Community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Darling Ingredients - Wahoo Facility, PWSID NE3121477, Nebraska”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/nebraska/darling-ingredients-wahoo-facility-ne3121477 (data as of October 1, 2026).