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Is Laughlin, NV tap water safe?

Big Bend Water District serves Laughlin, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Big Bend Water District serves Laughlin. In EPA’s records it has 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lithium at 59.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Big Bend Water District’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Laughlin

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Nevada certifies.

The 3 labs Nevada certifies closest to Laughlin, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Mohave Labs

    Bullhead City, AZ · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (928) 754-8101

  • Endeavour, LLC - AGTS Laboratory

    Henderson, NV · about 68 miles

    Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

    (702) 301-8924

  • Veritas Laboratories

    Las Vegas, NV · about 70 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

    (702) 321-8315

All 52 certified labs for Nevada

ZIP codes in Laughlin

Which ZIP codes are in Laughlin: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: NDEP Laboratory Approval Status, drinking water parameters; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Laughlin

Other towns in Clark County with a page of their own.

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