Ketchum Pwa, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Ketchum Pwa at a glance
Ketchum Pwa serves about 4,025 people through 1,918 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Craig County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK1021612; phone on file: 918-782-2123. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ketchum Pwa is 1.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Ketchum Pwa's 1.5 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Oklahoma and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Craig County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ketchum Pwa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vinita Utilities Authority | 6,472 | 1 ppb |
| Craig Co Rwd #2 | 4,250 | 1.4 ppb |
| Craig Co Rws & Swmd #3 | 1,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Welch Pwa | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ironside Water District Inc | 392 | 0 (not detected) |
| Craig Co Rwd #1 | 315 | 2.7 ppb |
| Big Cabin Pwa | 293 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Jacket Pwa | 274 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Vinita Water Coop Inc | 162 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Ketchum, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ketchum, 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 Ketchum Pwa 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.