Panama Pwa, OK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Panama Pwa at a glance
Panama Pwa serves about 1,400 people through 615 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 Le Flore County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3004016; phone on file: 918-963-4116. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Panama Pwa is 1.4 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0.58 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.35 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
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. Panama Pwa's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in Oklahoma and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Le Flore County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Panama Pwa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Leflore Co. Rwd #14 | 9,077 | 0 (not detected) |
| Poteau Pwa | 7,939 | 1.87 ppb |
| Leflore Co. Rwd #2 | 4,700 | 1.6 ppb |
| Leflore Co. Rwd #18 | 3,870 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heavener Utility Auth - Psg | 3,000 | 1.07 ppb |
| Spiro | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arkoma | 2,180 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spiro East Water Association | 1,817 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leflore Co. Consolidated Rwd #12 | 1,800 | 1.2 ppb |
| Leflore Co. Rwd #1 | 1,758 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Panama, OK
Look up your address in Panama Pwa'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 Panama 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.