Hallett Public Works 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
Hallett Public Works Authority serves about 168 people through 74 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 Pawnee County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2005905; phone on file: 918-356-4335. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Hallett Public Works Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hallett Public Works 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) |
How Hallett Public Works Authority 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. Hallett Public Works Authority'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.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Pawnee County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hallett Public Works Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Municipal Authority | 3,262 | 1.7 ppb |
| Pawnee Co Rwd #1 | 3,200 | 2.9 ppb |
| Pawnee | 2,230 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pawnee Co Rwd #2 | 1,775 | 1.1 ppb |
| Pawnee Co Rwd #3 | 685 | 1.3 ppb |
| Pawnee Co Rwd #4 | 415 | 0.9 ppb |
| Jennings | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ralston | 335 | 3.9 ppb |
| Westport Utility Authority Trust | 289 | 1.2 ppb |
| Pawnee County Rwd #5 | 225 | 2.8 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Hallett Public Works 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 Hallett Public Works 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.