Public water system · NV0004085

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Chicken Ranch

At a glance

Chicken Ranch (PWSID NV0004085) is an active transient non-community water system in Nye County, Nevada. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2019.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNV0004085

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNV state drinking water program

City served—

StateNevada

ZIP—

CountyNye County

How does Chicken Ranch compare with other water systems in Nye County?

By EPA's size categories, Chicken Ranch is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Nye County has 89 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 379 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 33,742 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Nevada, the 643 active systems average 5,508 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Chicken Ranch is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Nevada has 258 active transient non-community water systems, 40% of the state's 643 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 557 Nevada systems (87%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Chicken Ranch?

EPA lists Chicken Ranch as privately owned. The NV state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 62 of the 89 active systems in Nye County (70%) are also privately owned.

Does Chicken Ranch have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2019. The violations listed here began between April 1991 and September 2019. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting, 3 contaminant level above the legal limit and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (6 of them). EPA lists 5 as archived and 3 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2019-09-30	Required treatment not metFailure To Address Deficiency · code 45	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Resolved
2009-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2003-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2001-06-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2000-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1991-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 8 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Chicken Ranch: frequently asked questions

Who runs Chicken Ranch?

Chicken Ranch (PWSID NV0004085) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NV state drinking water program.

How many people does Chicken Ranch serve?

Chicken Ranch reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Nye County, Nevada.

Where does Chicken Ranch get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Chicken Ranch have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2019. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Chicken Ranch's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2019. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NV state drinking water program.

Where can I find Chicken Ranch's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Chicken Ranch is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Nye County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Great Basin Water Company	Nye	12,255	Community	Groundwater
Mountain Falls Water System Gbwc	Nye	4,345	Community	Groundwater
Tonopah Public Utilities	Nye	2,853	Community	Groundwater
Nnss Site Area A23 and 6	Nye	1,700	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Round Mountain Puc	Nye	1,200	Community	Groundwater
Desert Utilities	Nye	1,086	Community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Chicken Ranch, PWSID NV0004085, Nevada”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/nevada/chicken-ranch-nv0004085 (data as of October 1, 2026).