Jackson Co Water Corp, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (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. 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.
About Jackson Co Water Corp
Jackson Co Water Corp serves about 2,662 people through 1,099 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 Jackson County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2003306; phone on file: 580-563-2374. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Jackson Co Water Corp's lead record
That is up 2.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson Co Water Corp is 2.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
How Jackson Co Water Corp 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. Jackson Co Water Corp's 2.4 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Oklahoma and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Jackson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Jackson Co Water Corp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Altus | 18,717 | 0 (not detected) |
| Altus Afb | 4,617 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blair Public Works Authority | 894 | 2.19 ppb |
| Olustee Public Works Authority | 607 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eldorado | 446 | 0 (not detected) |
| Duke Public Water Authority | 425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Duke Central Vue Water | 318 | 1.68 ppb |
| Creta Water Corporation | 230 | 0.91 ppb |
| Martha | 205 | 2.8 ppb |
| Headrick | 84 | 2.17 ppb |
Next steps for Blair, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blair, 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 Jackson Co Water Corp 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.