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Pilot Travel Center 901

At a glance

Pilot Travel Center 901 (PWSID NE3120209) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Buffalo County, Nebraska. It reports serving 225 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2012.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

225

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNE3120209
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served225
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNE state drinking water program
City servedElm Creek
StateNebraska
ZIP—
CountyBuffalo County

How does Pilot Travel Center 901 compare with other water systems in Buffalo County?

By EPA's size categories, Pilot Travel Center 901 is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Buffalo County has 37 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,167 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 43,180 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 Pilot Travel Center 901 is about half of 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 Pilot Travel Center 901?

EPA lists Pilot Travel Center 901 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. 19 of the 37 active systems in Buffalo County (51%) are also privately owned.

Does Pilot Travel Center 901 have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2012. The violations listed here began between January 1999 and June 2012. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting, 2 contaminant level above the legal limit and 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (7 of them). EPA lists 8 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2012-06-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved
2003-07-01Monitoring and reportingInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu · code 51Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2000-12-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved
1999-10-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1999-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1999-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1999-01-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1999-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

All 8 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.

Pilot Travel Center 901: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pilot Travel Center 901?

Pilot Travel Center 901 (PWSID NE3120209) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NE state drinking water program.

How many people does Pilot Travel Center 901 serve?

Pilot Travel Center 901 reports serving 225 people through 1 service connection in Buffalo County, Nebraska.

Where does Pilot Travel Center 901 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 Pilot Travel Center 901 have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2012. 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 Pilot Travel Center 901'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 8 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2012. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NE state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pilot Travel Center 901's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pilot Travel Center 901 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 Buffalo County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Kearney, City ofBuffalo34,000CommunityGroundwater under influence of surface water
Gibbon, City ofBuffalo1,878CommunityGroundwater
Ravenna, City ofBuffalo1,457CommunityGroundwater
Shelton, Village ofBuffalo1,059CommunityGroundwater
Elm Creek, Village ofBuffalo901CommunityGroundwater
Cornerstone Berean ChurchBuffalo475Non-transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Pilot Travel Center 901, PWSID NE3120209, Nebraska”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/nebraska/pilot-travel-center-901-ne3120209 (data as of October 1, 2026).