Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs, NV
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs
Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs serves about 9,910 people through 3,964 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washoe County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000207; phone on file: 775-337-1001. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs is 1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 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. Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Nevada and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Washoe County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Truckee Meadows Water Authority | 442,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sun Valley Gid | 17,000 | 2 ppb |
| Incline Village Gid | 9,313 | 1.4 ppb |
| Great Basin Water Co Spanish Springs | 1,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc | 998 | 0 (not detected) |
| Verdi Meadows Utility Company Inc | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Empire Mining Company | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grandview Terrace Water District | 328 | 1 ppb |
| Gerlach Gid | 180 | 2 ppb |
| Lightning W | 163 | 1.1 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.