TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 442,000 people get their water from it, across 120,047 connections.
TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY ranks 9,171th by violation burden (29th percentile) - 1 violation total, 1 health-based.
How TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY compares within NV
NV's 42 covered systems average 5.1 health-based violations each; TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY is from 1992-01-01 (health-based: 1992-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
Everything on this page is TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 1 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.