Big Cabin Pwa, OK
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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.
About Big Cabin Pwa
Big Cabin Pwa serves about 293 people through 308 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Craig County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3001805; phone on file: 918-783-5704. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Big Cabin Pwa's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Big Cabin Pwa is 19.5 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 19.5 ppb over 15 |
Against other Oklahoma systems
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. Big Cabin Pwa's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in Oklahoma and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Craig County
9 other systems share Craig County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Big Cabin Pwa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vinita Utilities Authority | 6,472 | 1 ppb |
| Craig Co Rwd #2 | 4,250 | 1.4 ppb |
| Ketchum Pwa | 4,025 | 1.5 ppb |
| Craig Co Rws & Swmd #3 | 1,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Welch Pwa | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ironside Water District Inc | 392 | 0 (not detected) |
| Craig Co Rwd #1 | 315 | 2.7 ppb |
| Blue Jacket Pwa | 274 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Vinita Water Coop Inc | 162 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Big Cabin, 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 Big Cabin Pwa 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.