Douglas, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Douglas serves about 32 people through 32 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 Garfield County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3002414; phone on file: 580-862-7795. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Douglas is 5.8 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 5.8 ppb |
How Douglas compares
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. Douglas's 2 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Oklahoma and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Garfield County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Douglas. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Enid | 49,347 | 5.1 ppb |
| Vance Afb | 3,231 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garfield Co Rwd #5 | 1,980 | 2 ppb |
| Waukomis Pwa | 1,366 | 6.8 ppb |
| Garfield Co Rwd #6 | 1,225 | 1.1 ppb |
| Garber Municipal Authority | 725 | 1.1 ppb |
| Highpoint Mhp | 600 | 10.7 ppb |
| Lahoma Pwa | 577 | 0 (not detected) |
| Covington | 553 | 1.2 ppb |
| Drummond | 405 | 1.7 ppb |
Next steps for Douglas, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Douglas, 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 Douglas 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.