Gans Utility Authority, OK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Gans Utility Authority serves about 600 people through 273 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 surface water, in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3006802; phone on file: 918-775-2411. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gans Utility Authority is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Gans Utility Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Oklahoma and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Sequoyah County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gans Utility Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoyah Co. Rwd #8 | 13,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sallisaw | 8,510 | 1.1 ppb |
| Muldrow Pwa | 3,104 | 9.6 ppb |
| Sequoyah Co. Rwd #7 | 2,948 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roland | 2,842 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sequoyah Co. Rwd #4 | 1,750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gore Pwa | 1,688 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vian | 1,445 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Central Oklahoma Water Authority | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sequoyah Co. Rwd #5 | 1,075 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Gans Utility Authority'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 Gans Utility Authority 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.