Hornady Manufacturing Primer Ops

How does Hornady Manufacturing Primer Ops compare with other water systems in Hall County?

By EPA's size categories, Hornady Manufacturing Primer Ops is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Hall County has 35 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,755 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 61,419 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 Hornady Manufacturing Primer Ops 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 Hornady Manufacturing Primer Ops?

EPA lists Hornady Manufacturing Primer Ops as privately owned. 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 35 active systems in Hall County (57%) are also privately owned.