How many water violations are in Nye County?

Nye County has 5,864 total drinking water violations across 96 water systems, of which 873 are health-based violations. 87.5% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Nye County systems?

Water systems in Nye County serve approximately 33,987 people through 96 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Nye County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 3 tested systems in Nye County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 96 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Nye County?

Water systems in Nye County use GW (96 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 14.9% of Nye County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Nye County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Nye County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Nye County ranks #1,253 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 17 counties in Nevada. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Nye County, Nevada

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NV023 · Nye County 96 sys · 5,864 viol · #1253/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 87.5% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 14.9% health
RANK-UPPER #1253/3254
BELOW-PEER 1.4 pp cleaner
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 100%
SYS-MID 96 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Washoe County (+ 1.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Nye County ranks #1,253 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 17 counties in Nevada. See methodology · corpus placement.

Nye County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 87.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 14.9% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,253 of 3,254 · #7 of 17 in Nevada.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Great Basin Water Company	11,322	31	Clean
Mountain Falls Water System Gbwc	4,198	8	Clean
Tonopah Public Utilities	2,853	32	-
Nnss Site Area a23 and 6	1,700	10	-
Round Mountain Puc	1,200	61	-
Desert Utilities	1,086	264	-
Country View Estates Gbwc	1,072	128	-
Beatty Water and Sanitation District	1,024	111	-
Pahrump Utility Company Inc	985	25	-
Gabbs Water System	411	261	-
Round Mountain Smoky Valley Mine	380	0	-
Horizon C Stores 2 Tumbleweed Tavern	357	20	-
Family Dollar Bell Vista 11680	355	0	-
Family Dollar Charleston 31679	341	0	-
Desert Center Plaza	300	14	-
Carvers Smokey Valley RV and MHP	250	211	-
Cedar Pass Water System	250	0	-
Round Mountain Gold Hill Water System	250	7	-
Acres Cultivation	248	29	-
Shoshone Estates Water Co Inc	240	496	-
Desert Mirage Homeowners Association	230	17	-
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute	224	208	-
Family Dollar Homestead 28576	204	0	-
Ndot Lathrop Wells Roadside Park Rp801ny	200	20	-
Amargosa Elementary School	200	58	-
Escapee Co Op of Nevada	200	87	-
Kellogg Park	200	0	-
Longstreet Inn and Casino	185	17	-
Lakeside Casino and RV Park	175	59	-
Lds Church Pahrump Ward	175	137	-
Tonopah Test Range Site 6	150	5	-
Tonopah Test Range Area 10 Industrial	130	4	-
Tonopah Electronic Combat Range O and M	127	7	-
Nnss Area 25	120	43	-
Pahrump RV Park	120	23	-
Calvada Meadows Gbwc	112	0	-
Pleasant Valley	110	80	-
Highway 95 Fuel & Food	100	54	-
Nye County Complex	100	40	-
US Ecology Nevada	90	34	-
Sunset MHP	90	27	-
Spring Mountain Motor Sports Ranch	85	14	-
Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range	80	79	-
Waterhole RV Park	75	23	-
VFW Pahrump Post 10054	75	21	-
Pahrump Senior Center Inc	70	69	-
Big Five Park	65	61	-
C Valley MHP	54	328	-
Amargosa Water Company	54	366	-
Big Valley MHP	50	74	-

Compare beyond Nevada

Lower-flagged peers for Nye County

Cross-state counties nearest Nye County on flagged-system share (87.5%) and cumulative violation count (5,864). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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