Quality-Assessed Agrichemical Contaminant Database for Nebraska Ground Water
Quality-Assessed Agrichemical Contaminant Database
for Nebraska Ground Water

Please refer to the metadata, which describes how the data were obtained, compiled, and ranked.

Selected Reports and Publications Prepared Using the Agrichemical Contaminant Database

Metadata file in PDF format can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. 

The suggested citation for referencing this source is:

"University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 2000. Quality-assessed Agrichemical Contaminant Database for Nebraska Ground Water. A cooperative project of the Nebraska Departments of Agriculture, Environmental Quality, and Natural Resources and the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. On-line at http://dnrdata.dnr.ne.gov/clearinghouse/index.asp, updated Oct 9, 2009."

We invite you to send comments or suggestions about this website to csteele3@unlnotes.unl.edu

Fill out the following form to specify your search criteria and then press the Search button. All data meeting the search criteria will be listed (when the search is complete).

If you would prefer you can retrieve the entire Clearinghouse Database.
It is in a Zipped Microsoft Access 2007 format and is about 9 Meg.
Last Updated: Oct 9, 2009

Use this tool to develop a query and view the spatial distribution of wells meeting the selected criteria:
Criteria Screening Check Plot

OR

Proceed to obtain location, pedigree, and analytical data for each well meeting the criteria selected in #1–9.
  1. Select Search Criteria:
    County
    NRD
    Well Location
    Agency Code
    Clearinghouse Number
    Registration Number

  2. Select the Analyte(s) from the following list:
    The pesticide analytes are listed by chemical ingredient (e.g. glyphosate, 2,4-D, acetochlor). If you know only the trade name (e.g. Roundup, Harness, Bladex), please exit to the National Pesticide Information Retrieval System to find the chemical ingredient.

    To learn more about drinking water standards and regulations for these compounds, exit to the USEPA's Drinking Water Health Advisories website

    **Use of trade names on this site is for example only and does not constitute an endorsement.

    (Use CTRL or SHIFT and Left Mouse button to select multiple list items)
    (Number) = number of analyses in database

  3. Clearinghouse Quality Flag: (To learn more about how these data are ranked, see the accompanying data quality matrix)
    (Use CTRL or SHIFT and Left Mouse button to select multiple list items)

  4. Sample Date (as m/d/yyyy - Default is full period):
    Specify Beginning Date:
    Specify Ending Date:

  5. Well Depth (Default is all records):
    Specify Minimum Well Depth:
    Specify Maximum Well Depth:

  6. Select the Well Type from the following list:
    (Use CTRL or SHIFT and Left Mouse button to select multiple list items)

  7. Select the projection (if you want to use the data in a GIS system):
    None
    UTM (Zone 14, Nad 83, Meters)
    Lat/Long (Decimal Degrees)

  8. Output Format:
    Import to Spreadsheet (Directions for importing the results of your query)
    Web Page Table (This information is a subset of that retrieved in the "Import to Spreadsheet" option.)

  9. Sort By:
    NRD
    County
    Legal Description
    Clearinghouse #
    Sample Date
    Contaminant Name
    Agency Code