Sand Springs, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.9 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. 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.
Sand Springs at a glance
Sand Springs serves about 28,774 people through 13,837 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK1020420; phone on file: 918-246-2595. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sand Springs is 6.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Oklahoma systems
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. Sand Springs's 6.9 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Oklahoma and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Tulsa County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sand Springs. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsa | 413,000 | 1.53 ppb |
| Broken Arrow Municipal Authority | 116,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington Co Rwd #3 (New,#1) | 25,375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Owasso | 23,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bixby Public Works Authority | 18,750 | 1.4 ppb |
| Jenks Pwa | 16,924 | 1.1 ppb |
| Glenpool Water | 12,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Collinsville | 5,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Water Improvement District #3 | 2,475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14 | 1,400 | 2.5 ppb |
Next steps for Sand Springs, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sand Springs, 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 Sand Springs 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.