Is Searchlight Water Company Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Clark

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Archived	1987-12-31 → 1988-01-30
Other	Monitoring	Archived	1987-11-30 → 1987-12-29
Other	Monitoring	Archived	1981-12-31 → 1982-01-30
Other	Monitoring	Archived	1981-01-31 → 1981-02-28

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	3760 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3800 µg/L	56/56	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	11 µg/L 110% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10 µg/L worst single sample: 12 µg/L	44/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	3700 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3760 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Uranium	7.675 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 8 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	1100 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.00080 mg/L 5.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2023
Selenium	16.26 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 18.6 µg/L	14/15	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	44.5 µg/L 45% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 45 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	7.775 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.395 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.5 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	13.695 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 14.5 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	6.8 pCi/L 45% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 7 pCi/L	5/7	SYR4	2013–2014
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	2.7 µg/L 4.5% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	4.17 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.8 µg/L	4/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	44.84 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 44.9 µg/L	3/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Copper	22.3 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 23 µg/L	3/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.9700 µg/L 6.5% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 1 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Mercury	0.3560 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Xylenes, Total	0.5600 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2013–2019

61 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: OSBORNE, BUCKSHANE
Phone: 702-862-3776
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Searchlight Water Company

Is Searchlight Water Company tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Searchlight Water Company's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Searchlight Water Company's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Arsenic, Nitrate-Nitrite, Combined Uranium, Fluoride, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Searchlight Water Company serve?

Searchlight Water Company reports serving 760 people in Nevada, per its EPA record.

Has Searchlight Water Company had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 12 violations on file for Searchlight Water Company, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.