Muskogee Co. Rwd #3, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Muskogee Co. Rwd #3
Muskogee Co. Rwd #3 serves about 1,300 people through 671 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 Muskogee County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK1020710; phone on file: 918-474-3773. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Muskogee Co. Rwd #3 is 1.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Muskogee Co. Rwd #3 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. Muskogee Co. Rwd #3's 1.7 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Oklahoma and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Muskogee County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Muskogee Co. Rwd #3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Muskogee Municipal Authority | 38,310 | 5.4 ppb |
| Porum Pwa | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Gibson | 4,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Muskogee Co. Rwd #5 | 4,135 | 2.3 ppb |
| Muskogee Co. Rwd #6 | 2,550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Muskogee Co. Rwd #1 (Oktaha) | 2,280 | 0 (not detected) |
| Warner | 2,020 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haskell Pwa-Wells | 1,765 | 2.6 ppb |
| Muskogee Co. Rwd #7 | 1,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Braggs Water Works | 1,030 | 2.6 ppb |
Next steps for Council Hill, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Council Hill, 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 Muskogee Co. Rwd #3 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.