Tri-County Rwd #2, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.97 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 Tri-County Rwd #2
Tri-County Rwd #2 serves about 5,172 people through 2,332 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK2006362; phone on file: 405-997-5390. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Tri-County Rwd #2's lead record
That is up 3.97 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tri-County Rwd #2 is 3.97 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.97 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Tri-County Rwd #2 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. Tri-County Rwd #2's 3.97 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Oklahoma and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pottawatomie County
14 other systems share Pottawatomie County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Tri-County Rwd #2. 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) |
| 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 |
| Pottawatomie Co. Rwd #3 (Dale Plant) | 313 | 0 (not detected) |
| St. Louis Rwd | 225 | 0.43 ppb |
Next steps for Earlsboro, OK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Earlsboro, 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 Tri-County Rwd #2 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.