Nellis Air Force Base, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.66 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Nellis Air Force Base at a glance
Nellis Air Force Base serves about 19,081 people through 1,985 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Clark County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0003028; phone on file: 702-652-8897. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Nellis Air Force Base's lead record
That is up 1.86 ppb from 4.8 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nellis Air Force Base is 7 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.66 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 6 ppb |
| 2021 | 7 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Nellis Air Force Base 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. Nellis Air Force Base's 6.66 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Nevada and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Clark County
44 other systems share Clark County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Nellis Air Force Base. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Valley Water District | 1,539,277 | 2.08 ppb |
| North Las Vegas Utilities | 376,515 | 1.38 ppb |
| Henderson City Of | 336,534 | 3.8 ppb |
| Virgin Valley Water District | 26,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Boulder City | 15,000 | 2.41 ppb |
| Big Bend Water District | 9,000 | 1.89 ppb |
| Moapa Valley Water District | 8,500 | 2 ppb |
| Primm Valley Casino Resorts | 7,000 | 2 ppb |
| Southern Desert Correctional Ctr Ndoc | 6,200 | 1.2 ppb |
| Signature Towers | 2,356 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Nellis Afb, NV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nellis Afb, 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 Nellis Air Force Base whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1420 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.