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Washoe County, Nevada

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NV031 · Washoe County 72 sys · 6,370 viol · #143/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #143/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +1.4 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-MID 72 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Nye County ( -1.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Washoe County ranks #143 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #2 of 17 counties in Nevada. See methodology · corpus placement.

Washoe County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #143 of 3,254 · #2 of 17 in Nevada.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Washoe County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Washoe County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Esmeralda · lowest Washoe · this county Eureka · near Mineral · highest 83.3% 87.5% 88.9% 91% 92.9% 93.2% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Truckee Meadows Water Authority 442,000 1 Detected
Sun Valley Gid 17,000 7 Clean
Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs 9,650 28 Detected
Incline Village Gid 9,313 32 Clean
Great Basin Water Co Spanish Springs 1,460 27 -
Truckee Canyon 1,016 156 -
Washoe Valley Properties LLC 1,000 99 -
Sand Harbor State Park 1,000 9 -
Gold Ranch Casino 1,000 23 -
Mels Diner 1,000 17 -
Riverbelle Properties LLC Sasquatch Inn 1,000 9 -
Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc 998 191 -
Mt Rose Ski Tahoe 800 18 -
Verdi Meadows Utility Company Inc 510 69 -
Washoe Lake State Park 467 46 -
Lemmon Valley Meetinghouse Lds 450 3 -
Pleasant Valley School 359 21 -
Empire Mining Company 350 306 -
Grandview Terrace Water District 328 69 -
Verdi Mutual Water Company 300 13 -
Desert Investment Group Ltd 250 41 -
Parr Reno Water Company 250 0 -
Slide Mountain Ski Area 200 22 -
Natchez School 200 17 -
Gerlach Gid 180 98 -
Springwood Equestrian Center 175 59 -
Lightning W 163 97 -
Johnnys Ristorante Italiano 150 59 -
The Lodge at Galena 142 60 -
Old Washoe Estates 135 3 -
Whispering Vine 125 1,002 -
Dollar General 123 0 -
Conestoga MHP 120 27 -
Silver Knolls Mutual Water Company 120 671 -
Stampmill 118 0 -
Washoe Valley Meetinghouse Facility Lds 108 73 -
Bowers Mansion 100 8 -
Crystal Peak Park 100 10 -
Golden Valley Park 100 28 -
Lemmon Valley Horsemans Park 100 6 -
Granite Hills Baptist Church 94 12 -
Wadsworth Mobile Home Park 90 418 -
Sunrise Estates 90 5 -
Reno Technology Park Water Company 80 0 -
Rio Vista NV LLC 65 221 -
Ke Ta Mobile Home Park 60 188 -
Reno Sahara Trailer Park 60 52 -
Sutcliffe Mobile Park 60 165 -
Rosemount Water Co 54 1,179 -
Sky Tavern 50 61 -

Compare beyond Nevada

Lower-flagged peers for Washoe County

Cross-state counties nearest Washoe County on flagged-system share (88.9%) and cumulative violation count (6,370). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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