Pahrump Utility Company Inc, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 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.
Pahrump Utility Company Inc at a glance
Pahrump Utility Company Inc serves about 985 people through 1,465 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Nye County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000926; phone on file: 775-727-1629. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.4 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pahrump Utility Company Inc is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Pahrump Utility Company Inc 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. Pahrump Utility Company Inc's 0.6 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Nevada and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Nye County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pahrump Utility Company Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Great Basin Water Company | 12,255 | 3 ppb |
| Mountain Falls Water System Gbwc | 4,345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tonopah Public Utilities | 2,853 | 3 ppb |
| Round Mountain Puc | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Desert Utilities | 1,086 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country View Estates Gbwc | 1,072 | 3 ppb |
| Beatty Water And Sanitation District | 1,024 | 1.4 ppb |
| Carvers Smokey Valley Rv And Mhp | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shoshone Estates Water Co Inc | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gabbs Water System | 237 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pahrump, 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 Pahrump Utility Company Inc 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.