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Is Spring Creek, NV tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Spring Creek, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Spring Creek has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek MHP.

Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek MHP, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Arsenic at 4.1 ppb, above the legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Spring Creek’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek MHP’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Spring Creek

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 Spring Creek, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Western Environmental Testing - Elko

    Elko, NV · about 45 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (775) 355-0202

  • City of Elko Laboratory

    Elko, NV · about 45 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (775) 777-7385

  • Silver State Analytical Labs - Elko

    Elko, NV · about 45 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (775) 857-2400

All 52 certified labs for Nevada

ZIP codes in Spring Creek

Which ZIP codes are in Spring Creek: 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.

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