Public water system record
Truckee Meadows Water Authority
Serves Reno, Sparks, Lemmon Valley and 2 more places, Washoe County, NV · 442,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Truckee Meadows Water Authority in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Truckee Meadows Water Authority draws water from 73 wells and 3 surface water intakes.
- Record on file since 1992, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 193,120 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Truckee Meadows Water Authority go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 1992, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Truckee Meadows Water Authority draws water from 73 wells and 3 surface water intakes. It also has an emergency connection to Sun Valley Gid. 2 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Truckee Meadows Water Authority. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Truckee Meadows Water Authority.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Sun Valley Gid Sun Valley, NV
Community systems that buy water from it
- Reno Sparks Indian Colony Reno, NV
- Sun Valley Gid Sun Valley, NV
Annual water quality report
Truckee Meadows Water Authority must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Nevada.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells