Canoe Mountain Water System, OK
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Canoe Mountain Water System
Canoe Mountain Water System serves about 37 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK1021778; phone on file: 405-306-4306. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Cherokee County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tahlequah Pwa | 14,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co. Rwd #11 | 3,395 | 1.1 ppb |
| Stickross Mountain Water Co | 3,250 | 2.2 ppb |
| Cherokee Co. Rwd #3 (Grandview) | 2,300 | 1 ppb |
| Peggs Water Company | 1,925 | 2.5 ppb |
| Cherokee Co. Rwd #13 | 1,640 | 2 ppb |
| Cherokee Co. Rwd #2 (Keys) | 1,493 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hulbert Pwa | 1,007 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co. Rwd #1 (Ft Gibson) | 710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Co. Rwd #7 (Welling) | 418 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Vian, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Vian, 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 Canoe Mountain Water System 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.