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Winters Creek Lodge

At a glance

Winters Creek Lodge (PWSID NV0000761) is an active transient non-community water system in Washoe County, Nevada. It reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023.

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

Population served

200

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNV0000761

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served200

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNV state drinking water program

City served—

StateNevada

ZIP—

CountyWashoe County

How does Winters Creek Lodge compare with other water systems in Washoe County?

By EPA's size categories, Winters Creek Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Washoe County has 64 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 7,708 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 493,331 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 Winters Creek Lodge is about 39% above 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 Winters Creek Lodge?

EPA lists Winters Creek Lodge 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. 43 of the 64 active systems in Washoe County (67%) are also privately owned.

Does Winters Creek Lodge have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023. The violations listed here began between December 1996 and August 2023. By type: 10 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (8 of them). EPA lists 7 as archived and 4 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
2023-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2011-03-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2008-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2007-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2004-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2003-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2001-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2000-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1996-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 11 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.

Winters Creek Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Winters Creek Lodge?

Winters Creek Lodge (PWSID NV0000761) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NV state drinking water program.

How many people does Winters Creek Lodge serve?

Winters Creek Lodge reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection in Washoe County, Nevada.

Where does Winters Creek Lodge 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 Winters Creek Lodge have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023. 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 Winters Creek Lodge'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 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NV state drinking water program.

Where can I find Winters Creek Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Winters Creek Lodge 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 Washoe County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Truckee Meadows Water Authority	Washoe	442,000	Community	Surface water
Sun Valley Gid	Washoe	17,000	Community	Purchased surface water
Great Basin Water Co Cold Springs	Washoe	9,910	Community	Groundwater
Incline Village Gid	Washoe	9,313	Community	Surface water
Great Basin Water Co Spanish Springs	Washoe	1,450	Community	Groundwater
Truckee Canyon	Washoe	1,016	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, “Winters Creek Lodge, PWSID NV0000761, Nevada”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/nevada/winters-creek-lodge-nv0000761 (data as of October 1, 2026).