Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant), OK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
About Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant)
Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant) serves about 313 people through 956 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3006314; phone on file: 405-826-5744. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant)'s lead record
That is down 10.9 ppb from 10.9 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant) is 10.9 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 10.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant) 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. Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Oklahoma and the 19th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Pottawatomie County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Municipal Authority | 29,990 | 2.8 ppb |
| Tecumseh Utility Authority | 6,098 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tri-County Rwd #2 | 5,172 | 3.97 ppb |
| Mcloud | 2,939 | 7.4 ppb |
| Pottawatomie Co Development Auth | 1,200 | 0.7 ppb |
| Maud | 1,136 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pottawatomie County Rwd #3 | 560 | 1.53 ppb |
| Wanette Public Works Authority | 402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Asher Util Dev Auth | 375 | 0.61 ppb |
| St. Louis Rwd | 225 | 0.43 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant)'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 Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant) 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.