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Community Water System · PWS NV0003028

Nellis Air Force Base

Operator location Nellis Afb, Nevada - 88% of 42 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 19,081 served per SDWIS.

19,081
People served (this PWS)
42
EPA violations (this PWS)
37
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Nellis Air Force Base standing, mid SDWIS violation third

88% of 42 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 88% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #2,824 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Nellis Air Force Base lands in the middle third by violation volume (42), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (19,081; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 88% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#2,824 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#10 of 155
Population · NV
42
Total EPA violations on record
88%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Federal
Connections
1,985
County
Clark
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
33
Monitoring Violations
1
Treatment Tech Violations
4

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 18 2005
TTHM MCL 15 2025
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 4 2007
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 3 2004
Coliform (TCR) MR 1 1994

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Nellis Air Force Base has 42 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 48% carry more. 88% of this system's own violations are health-based (37 of 42), and it ranks #2,824 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

42 Around the middle fewer violations than 48% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 232 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
HFPO-DA 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/31/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/31/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/31/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/31/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/31/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/31/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/31/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/31/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Nellis Air Force Base

37 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NV0003028.

EPA SDWIS · PWS NV0003028

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

42 violations · 19,081 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Nellis Air Force Base

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Nevada compares on the same EPA violation measures. Nevada systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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