Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney), OK
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.66 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney) at a glance
Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney) serves about 1,500 people through 664 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Atoka County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2000302; phone on file: 580-889-3135. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney)'s lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (1.45 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney) is 24.8 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.66 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.45 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.44 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.12 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.82 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 24.8 ppb over 15 |
Where this result ranks
Of the 870 Oklahoma systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.81 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney)'s 1.66 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Oklahoma and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Atoka County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Atoka Co. Rws & Swmd #4 | 3,000 | 1.13 ppb |
| Atoka | 2,988 | 1.31 ppb |
| Stringtown Pwa | 1,105 | 1.34 ppb |
| Mack Alford Correctional Center | 952 | 2.82 ppb |
| Howard Mcleod Correctional Center | 825 | 0.5 ppb |
| Atoka Co. Rwd #2 | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Atoka Co. Rwd #1 (Wardville) | 125 | 5.33 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Caddo, OK may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Atoka Co. Rwd #3 (Caney) whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.