Calvada Meadows Gbwc, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Calvada Meadows Gbwc at a glance
Calvada Meadows Gbwc serves about 113 people through 42 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Nye County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000408; phone on file: 775-727-5575. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (2.29 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Calvada Meadows Gbwc is 2.29 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.29 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Calvada Meadows Gbwc compares
Of the 204 Nevada systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 13 have gone over at some point. Calvada Meadows Gbwc's 2 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Nevada and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Nye County
25 other systems share Nye County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Calvada Meadows Gbwc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Great Basin Water Company | 12,255 | 3 ppb |
| Mountain Falls Water System Gbwc | 4,345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tonopah Public Utilities | 2,853 | 3 ppb |
| Round Mountain Puc | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Desert Utilities | 1,086 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country View Estates Gbwc | 1,072 | 3 ppb |
| Beatty Water And Sanitation District | 1,024 | 1.4 ppb |
| Pahrump Utility Company Inc | 985 | 0.6 ppb |
| Carvers Smokey Valley Rv And Mhp | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shoshone Estates Water Co Inc | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pahrump, NV may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Calvada Meadows Gbwc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.