Nps Echo Bay, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Nps Echo Bay at a glance
Nps Echo Bay serves about 274 people through 150 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Clark County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0002503. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nps Echo Bay is 6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 6 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. Nps Echo Bay's 3.5 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Nevada and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
44 other systems share Clark County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nps Echo Bay. 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) |
| 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 |
Next steps for Boulder City, NV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Boulder City, 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 Nps Echo Bay 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.