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Walker Lane Rawhide Mine

At a glance

Walker Lane Rawhide Mine (PWSID NV0001156) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Mineral County, Nevada. It reports serving 90 people through 1 service connection. 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 2026.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNV0001156

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served90

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNV state drinking water program

City served—

StateNevada

ZIP—

CountyMineral County

How does Walker Lane Rawhide Mine compare with other water systems in Mineral County?

By EPA's size categories, Walker Lane Rawhide Mine is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Mineral County has 8 active public water systems, and Walker Lane Rawhide Mine is the 5th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 508 people per system, and accounts for 2.2% of the 4,061 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Nevada, the 643 active systems average 5,508 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Walker Lane Rawhide Mine is well below that figure.

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

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Nevada has 161 active non-transient non-community water systems, 25% 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 Walker Lane Rawhide Mine?

EPA lists Walker Lane Rawhide Mine 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. 3 of the 8 active systems in Mineral County (38%) are also privately owned.

Does Walker Lane Rawhide Mine 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 2026. The violations listed here began between January 2026 and January 2026. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Vinyl chloride, Ethylbenzene, Tetrachloroethylene and trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Vinyl chloridecode 2976	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Ethylbenzenecode 2992	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Tetrachloroethylenecode 2987	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2979	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Benzenecode 2990	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Trichloroethylenecode 2984	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	1,1,2-Trichloroethanecode 2985	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2380	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	1,2,4-Trichlorobenzenecode 2378	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Carbon tetrachloridecode 2982	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	1,2-Dichloroethanecode 2980	No	Archived
2026-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Toluenecode 2991	No	Archived

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.

Walker Lane Rawhide Mine: frequently asked questions

Who runs Walker Lane Rawhide Mine?

Walker Lane Rawhide Mine (PWSID NV0001156) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NV state drinking water program.

How many people does Walker Lane Rawhide Mine serve?

Walker Lane Rawhide Mine reports serving 90 people through 1 service connection in Mineral County, Nevada.

Where does Walker Lane Rawhide Mine 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 Walker Lane Rawhide Mine 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 2026. 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 Walker Lane Rawhide Mine'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 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NV state drinking water program.

Where can I find Walker Lane Rawhide Mine's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Walker Lane Rawhide Mine is a non-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 Mineral County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Hawthorne Utilities	Mineral	2,876	Community	Groundwater
Walker Lake Gid	Mineral	450	Community	Groundwater
Hawthorne Army Depot	Mineral	300	Community	Groundwater
Mina Luning Water System	Mineral	170	Community	Groundwater
Schurz Elementary School	Mineral	85	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Isabella Pearl Mine	Mineral	65	Non-transient non-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, “Walker Lane Rawhide Mine, PWSID NV0001156, Nevada”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/nevada/walker-lane-rawhide-mine-nv0001156 (data as of October 1, 2026).