NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE: EPA violation history, explained
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 19,081, over 1,985 connections.
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE's record against the rest of the country
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE has 13 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,017th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
How NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE compares within NV
Among the 42 NV systems in this dataset, the average is 5.1 health-based violations - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE's 10 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2025-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 13 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.