Wanette Public Works Authority, OK
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Wanette Public Works Authority serves about 402 people through 185 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: OK3006310; phone on file: 405-287-0501. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Wanette Public Works Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wanette Public Works Authority is 9 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 9 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 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. Wanette Public Works Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Oklahoma and the 21st 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 Wanette Public Works Authority. 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 |
| 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 Wanette, OK
Look up your address in Wanette Public Works Authority'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 Wanette Public Works Authority whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1830 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.