Washington Co Rwd #2, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Washington Co Rwd #2 at a glance
Washington Co Rwd #2 serves about 2,250 people through 900 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 Washington County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3007403; phone on file: 918-535-2302. 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 up 1.8 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Washington Co Rwd #2 is 6.4 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Washington Co Rwd #2's 1.8 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Oklahoma and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Washington County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Washington Co Rwd #2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bartlesville | 34,748 | 3.6 ppb |
| Dewey Public Works Authority | 3,490 | 2.6 ppb |
| Washington Co Rwd #1 | 1,375 | 3.8 ppb |
| Washington Co Rwd #5 | 900 | 3.2 ppb |
| Le Ann Water | 750 | 1.2 ppb |
| Copan Pwa | 733 | 5.6 ppb |
| Ramona Public Works Authority | 564 | 2.7 ppb |
| Ochelata Utility Authority | 494 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington Co Rwd #7 | 258 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc | 130 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ochelata, 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 Washington Co 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.