Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr, NV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.36 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.
Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr at a glance
Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr serves about 1,209 people through 496 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Douglas County, Nevada. EPA system ID: NV0000258; phone on file: 775-783-6489. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr is 13 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.36 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Against other Nevada systems
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. Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr's 0.36 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Nevada and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Douglas County
23 other systems share Douglas County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr. 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 |
| Round Hill Gid | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairgrounds/Sunrise Estates | 1,011 | 1.2 ppb |
Your move
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 Zephyr Cove Water Utility Distr 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.