- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 9.
- Lithium: found in 15 of 142 samples, average 2.52 µg/L, highest 100 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 18 of 142 samples, average 0.90 ppt, highest 15 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 6 of 142 samples, average 0.30 ppt, highest 13 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 7 of 142 samples, average 0.30 ppt, highest 12 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 6 of 142 samples, average 0.30 ppt, highest 20 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 9 of 142 samples, average 0.30 ppt, highest 5.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 142 samples, average 0.10 ppt, highest 5.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 142 samples, average 0.0 ppt, highest 6.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 142 samples, average 0.0 ppt, highest 3.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Sep 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Reno tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NV0000190 · serves Reno, NV · about 442,000 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Truckee Meadows Water Authority (EPA NV0000190)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Reno's main utility, Truckee Meadows Water Authority: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NV0000190) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 9. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for Truckee Meadows Water Authority, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NV0000190) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Truckee Meadows Water Authority (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 9.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Truckee Meadows Water Authority use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Truckee Meadows Water Authority's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.