Foothill Water System, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.22 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 Foothill Water System
Foothill Water System serves about 346 people through 203 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Douglas County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000959; phone on file: 775-783-6489. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Foothill Water System is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.22 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Foothill Water System 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. Foothill Water System's 0.22 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in Nevada and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Douglas County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Foothill Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos Gid | 11,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas County Carson Valley System | 6,488 | 1.9 ppb |
| Indian Hills Gid | 5,962 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gardnerville Water Company | 5,800 | 1.7 ppb |
| Kingsbury Gid | 3,839 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Minden | 3,500 | 6 ppb |
| Topaz Ranch Estates Gid And Water Co | 1,545 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cave Rock Skyland | 1,267 | 1.5 ppb |
| Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr | 1,209 | 0.36 ppb |
| Round Hill Gid | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Minden, 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 Foothill Water System 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.