Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 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 Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14
Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14 serves about 1,400 people through 411 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 Tulsa County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3007213; phone on file: 918-245-1857. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3.7 ppb from 6.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14 is 6.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14's 2.5 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Oklahoma and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Tulsa County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14. 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) |
| Sand Springs | 28,774 | 6.9 ppb |
| 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) |
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 Tulsa Co W Imp Dist #14 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.