Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc, NV
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc
Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc serves about 998 people through 298 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washoe County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000282; phone on file: 775-741-8051. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc is 1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Nevada and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Washoe County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Truckee Meadows Water Authority | 442,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sun Valley Gid | 17,000 | 2 ppb |
| Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs | 9,910 | 0 (not detected) |
| Incline Village Gid | 9,313 | 1.4 ppb |
| Great Basin Water Co Spanish Springs | 1,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Verdi Meadows Utility Company Inc | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Empire Mining Company | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grandview Terrace Water District | 328 | 1 ppb |
| Gerlach Gid | 180 | 2 ppb |
| Lightning W | 163 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Reno, NV
Look up your address in Steamboat Springs Waterworks Inc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Steamboat Springs Waterworks 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.