Mountain View Mhp, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2010-2018). 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 Mountain View Mhp
Mountain View Mhp serves about 45 people through 23 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: NV0003081; phone on file: 775-783-6883. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Mountain View Mhp's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mountain View Mhp is 1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Against other Nevada systems
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. Mountain View Mhp's 1 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Nevada and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Douglas County
23 other systems share Douglas County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mountain View Mhp. 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) |
Next steps for Minden, NV
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 Mountain View Mhp 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.