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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2019 UPDATE

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Nevada

  • 196 Utilities

  • Serving: 2,623,000

  • Data available: 2012-2017

  • Contaminants Found: 98

 

EWG's drinking water quality report for Nevada shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in Nevada and provided to EWG by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

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ALL UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS
LARGE UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS

Below are utilities in Nevada serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically.

Large utilities in Nevada

UtilityLocationPeople
Served
Boulder CityBoulder City, NV15,000
Carson City Public WorksCarson City, NV56,000
City of ElkoElko, NV18,000
City of HendersonLas Vegas, NV275,000
Dayton Valley Water SystemDayton, NV14,168
Fernley Public WorksFernley, NV18,000
Las Vegas Valley Water DistrictLas Vegas, NV1,347,550
Nellis Air Force BaseNellis Afb, NV19,081
North Las Vegas UtilitiesNorth Las Vegas, NV306,570
Sun Valley GidSun Valley, NV17,000
Truckee Meadows Water AuthorityReno, NV311,932
Virgin Valley Water DistrictMesquite, NV18,000

Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in Nevada

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
Rosemount Water CompanyReno, NV54104
Desert Paradise Mobile Home ParkLas Vegas, NV70101
Roark Estates Water AssociationSloan, NV6251
Hawthorne Army DepotHawthorne, NV30038
Crystal TpVerdi, NV8035
Alamo Sewer and Water GidAlamo, NV90029
Dutchman AcresWinnemucca, NV12124
Sierra Estates GidCarson City, NV16020
Big Bend Water DistrictLas Vegas, NV8,80020
Carvers Smokey Valley Rv and Mobile Home ParkRound Mountain, NV25020
Frontier Village Mobile Home Park ClHenderson, NV6015
Wells Municipal Water DepartmentWellington, NV1,34615
Storey County Water DistrictVirginia City, NV1,42012
Koa of Ely CampgroundEly, NV8012
Carson River EstatesFallon, NV9011
Lamoille Water Users AssociationLamoille, NV20011
Goldfield Town WaterGoldfield, NV35010
Anchor Inn Mobile Home ParkPahrump, NV367
Gerlach GidGerlach, NV1807
Cottonwood Mobile Home ParkCarson City, NV2507
Amargosa Water CompanyAmargosa, NV546
Indian Springs Water Company Inc.Indian Springs, NV9006
Southern Desert Correctional Center NdocIndian Springs, NV4,8425
Big Valley Mobile Home ParkPahrump, NV505
Reno Sahara Trailer ParkReno, NV605
Valley View Rv ParkElko, NV2505
Elko Rv Park At RyndonReno, NV3575
Moapa Valley Water DistrictLogandale, NV8,5005
Country View Estates UicnPahrump, NV1,2925
Zephyr Cove Water Utility DistrMinden, NV1,2094

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in Nevada

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
Fernley Public WorksFernley, NV18,0001
Virgin Valley Water DistrictMesquite, NV18,0001
Carson City Public WorksCarson City, NV56,0001

Contaminants found in Nevada above health guidelines

Found above health guidelinesFound
Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Arsenic		1532,589,2891532,589,289

Nitrate		1482,573,6731682,579,740

Nitrate and nitrite		1472,570,2651602,573,977

Uranium		1532,564,9861582,566,706

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		1112,562,3731112,562,373

Dibromochloromethane		922,539,137932,543,337

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)		712,527,246722,527,318

Bromodichloromethane		792,514,426812,521,696

Dibromoacetic acid		482,486,810482,486,810

Trichloroacetic acid		482,457,788482,457,788

Chloroform		492,427,199682,487,041

Chromium (hexavalent)		192,416,374192,416,374

Dichloroacetic acid		392,410,464392,410,464

Bromoform		642,116,272952,538,167

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)		127865,1831312,216,606

Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)		5330,3626348,362

Radon		57191,23158191,282

Bromochloroacetic acid		491,007491,007

Bromate		524,161524,161

Strontium		118,000202,416,414

Cadmium		22,38622,386

Antimony		445515391,334

Thallium		13001300

Manganese		2278781,876,056

Methoxychlor		11501150

Selenium		1110462,048,112

Contaminants found in Nevada above legal limits

Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Arsenic		1212,440

Selenium		1110