North Las Vegas Utilities, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.38 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.
Who runs the water here
North Las Vegas Utilities serves about 376,515 people through 107,459 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Clark County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000175; phone on file: 702-633-1225. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Las Vegas Utilities is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.38 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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. North Las Vegas Utilities's 1.38 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Nevada and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Clark County
44 other systems share Clark County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Las Vegas Utilities. 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 |
| Henderson City Of | 336,534 | 3.8 ppb |
| Virgin Valley Water District | 26,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nellis Air Force Base | 19,081 | 6.66 ppb |
| 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) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North Las Vegas, 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 North Las Vegas Utilities 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.