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Silver Springs Mutual Water Company

At a glance

Silver Springs Mutual Water Company (PWSID NV0000223) is an active community water system in Lyon County, Nevada. It reports serving 3,070 people through 1,185 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020.

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

Population served

3,070

Service connections

1,185

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNV0000223
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served3,070
Service connections1,185
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNV state drinking water program
City served—
StateNevada
ZIP—
CountyLyon County

How does Silver Springs Mutual Water Company compare with other water systems in Lyon County?

By EPA's size categories, Silver Springs Mutual Water Company is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Lyon County has 30 active public water systems, and Silver Springs Mutual Water Company is the 4th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 80% above the county average of 1,710 people per system, and accounts for 6% of the 51,309 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Nevada, the 643 active systems average 5,508 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Silver Springs Mutual Water Company is about half of that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Nevada has 224 active community water systems, 35% 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 Silver Springs Mutual Water Company?

EPA lists Silver Springs Mutual Water Company 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. 20 of the 30 active systems in Lyon County (67%) are also privately owned.

Does Silver Springs Mutual Water Company have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and January 2020. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, p-Dichlorobenzene, Ethylbenzene and 1,1,2-Trichloroethane. EPA lists 12 as archived. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,1-Trichloroethanecode 2981NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03p-Dichlorobenzenecode 2969NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Ethylbenzenecode 2992NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,2-Trichloroethanecode 2985NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Trichloroethylenecode 2984NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2,4-Trichlorobenzenecode 2378NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Xylenes, Totalcode 2955NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Carbon tetrachloridecode 2982NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Chlorobenzenecode 2989NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Toluenecode 2991NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Vinyl chloridecode 2976NoArchived
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloropropanecode 2983NoArchived

The 12 most recent 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.

Silver Springs Mutual Water Company: frequently asked questions

Who runs Silver Springs Mutual Water Company?

Silver Springs Mutual Water Company (PWSID NV0000223) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NV state drinking water program.

How many people does Silver Springs Mutual Water Company serve?

Silver Springs Mutual Water Company reports serving 3,070 people through 1,185 service connections in Lyon County, Nevada.

Where does Silver Springs Mutual Water Company 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 Silver Springs Mutual Water Company have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. 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 Silver Springs Mutual Water Company'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NV state drinking water program.

Where can I find Silver Springs Mutual Water Company's water quality report?

As a community water system, Silver Springs Mutual Water Company must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Lyon County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Fernley Public WorksLyon23,064CommunityGroundwater
Dayton Valley Water SystemLyon16,000CommunityGroundwater
Yerington City ofLyon5,050CommunityGroundwater
Stagecoach GidLyon1,628CommunityGroundwater
Smith Valley Baptist ChurchLyon500Transient non-communityGroundwater
Weed Heights DevelopmentLyon340CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Silver Springs Mutual Water Company, PWSID NV0000223, Nevada”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/nevada/silver-springs-mutual-water-company-nv0000223 (data as of October 1, 2026).