Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek
Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek serves about 9,340 people through 3,708 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Elko County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000036. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.1 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek is 1.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 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 Spring Creek's 1.1 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Nevada and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Elko County
15 other systems share Elko County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek. 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 |
| West Wendover Water System | 4,535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek Mhp | 3,640 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carlin Utilities | 2,500 | 4 ppb |
| 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) |
Next steps for Spring Creek, NV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Spring Creek, 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 Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.