Bromide, OK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Bromide at a glance
Bromide serves about 163 people through 27 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 groundwater, in Johnston County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2003517; phone on file: 580-638-2334. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Bromide's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0.28 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bromide is 1.06 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.28 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.06 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Bromide's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 7th percentile in Oklahoma and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Johnston County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bromide. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tishomingo Municipal Authority | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Johnston Co Rwd #3 | 2,783 | 1.35 ppb |
| Murray State College | 1,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Johnston Co Rws& Swmd #4 | 600 | 1.78 ppb |
| Mannsville Public Works Authority | 587 | 5.88 ppb |
| Ravia | 459 | 2.37 ppb |
| Wapanucka | 420 | 1.64 ppb |
| Milburn Public Works Authority | 317 | 2.29 ppb |
| Mill Creek | 310 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bromide, OK
Look up your address in Bromide's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bromide 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.