Pollution in Washoe County, Nevada

Washoe County contains 142 EPA-regulated facilities, 7 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 18 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $8.4M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 123.2k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Nevada state average of 37 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities18reporters
EPA Facilities142regulated
Sig. Violators7current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Tesla Gigafactory NevadaSparks120.7kPenalties
Veka West Inc.Reno836Compliant
TrademarkReno662Compliant
Elite Spice Inc.Sparks396Compliant
Ppg Industries, Inc.Mccarran341Compliant
Lennox Aes-RenoReno290Compliant
Emerson Automation Solutions Final Control Us Lp RenoReno11Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Rosemount Water CoReno$0
WadsworthNixon$0
SutcliffeNixon$0
International Game TechnologyReno$02017-05-30
Lance Gilman (Mustang Ranch)Nevada$0
Springwood Equestrian Center-Pou Ro Treatment System As & FlReno$0
Silver Knolls Mutual Water CompanySparks$0