Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1, OK
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13.7 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1 at a glance
Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1 serves about 1,200 people through 633 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 Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3006403; phone on file: 918-569-4326. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 12.77 ppb from 0.93 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1 is 13.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1 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. Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1's 13.7 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Oklahoma and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pushmataha County
6 other systems share Pushmataha County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pushmataha Co. Rwd #3 | 4,825 | 3.25 ppb |
| Antlers Pwa | 2,547 | 8.14 ppb |
| Pushmataha Co. Rwd #2 (Albion) | 959 | 1.88 ppb |
| Pushmataha Co. Rwd #5 (Nashoba) | 725 | 3.09 ppb |
| Clayton Pwa | 719 | 3.28 ppb |
| Sardis Lake Water Authority | 307 | 0.63 ppb |
Next steps for Clayton, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clayton, 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 Pushmataha Co. Rwd #1 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.