Uppaway Water System, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2012-2020). 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
Uppaway Water System serves about 85 people through 36 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Douglas County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000817; phone on file: 775-783-6489. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Uppaway Water System's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Uppaway Water System is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
How Uppaway Water System 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. Uppaway Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Nevada and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Douglas County
23 other systems share Douglas County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Uppaway Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos Gid | 11,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas County Carson Valley System | 6,488 | 1.9 ppb |
| Indian Hills Gid | 5,962 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gardnerville Water Company | 5,800 | 1.7 ppb |
| Kingsbury Gid | 3,839 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Minden | 3,500 | 6 ppb |
| Topaz Ranch Estates Gid And Water Co | 1,545 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cave Rock Skyland | 1,267 | 1.5 ppb |
| Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr | 1,209 | 0.36 ppb |
| Round Hill Gid | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Minden, NV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Minden, 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 Uppaway Water System 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.