Carlin Utilities, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Carlin Utilities
Carlin Utilities serves about 2,500 people through 851 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Elko County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000014; phone on file: 775-754-6515. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Carlin Utilities's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Carlin Utilities is 8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 8 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Carlin Utilities's 4 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Nevada and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Elko County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Carlin Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Elko City Of | 23,000 | 3 ppb |
| Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek | 9,340 | 1.1 ppb |
| West Wendover Water System | 4,535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek Mhp | 3,640 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wells Municipal Water Department | 1,300 | 1.8 ppb |
| Jackpot Water System | 1,240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ruby Dome Holdings Dba Elko Rv Park | 357 | 4.3 ppb |
| Montello Water System | 287 | 1.2 ppb |
| Valley View Rv Park | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lamoille Water Users Assoc | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carlin, 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 Carlin Utilities 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.