Muldrow Pwa, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9.6 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 Muldrow Pwa
Muldrow Pwa serves about 3,104 people through 1,326 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: OK1020208; phone on file: 918-427-3226. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Muldrow Pwa's lead record
That is up 9.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Muldrow Pwa is 9.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Muldrow Pwa's 9.6 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Oklahoma and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sequoyah County
13 other systems share Sequoyah County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Muldrow Pwa. 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 |
| 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) |
| Sequoyah Co. Rwd #3 | 1,040 | 1.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Muldrow, 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 Muldrow 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.