Wright City Pwa, OK
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.81 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Wright City Pwa
Wright City Pwa serves about 792 people through 288 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 Mccurtain County, Oklahoma. EPA system ID: OK3004811; phone on file: 580-981-2100. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Wright City Pwa's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.79 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wright City Pwa is 1.68 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.81 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.79 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.68 ppb |
How Wright City Pwa 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. Wright City Pwa's 0.81 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Oklahoma and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Mccurtain County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wright City Pwa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Idabel Pwa | 6,952 | 1.41 ppb |
| Mccurtain Co. Rwd #8 (Mt. Fork Water) | 5,685 | 7.91 ppb |
| Broken Bow Pwa | 4,320 | 2.25 ppb |
| Mccurtain Co. Rwd #1 | 3,842 | 0.74 ppb |
| Mccurtain Co. Rwd #7 | 1,847 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mccurtain Co. Rwd #5 (Hochatown) | 1,614 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mccurtain Co. Rwd #9 | 999 | 4.07 ppb |
| Valliant Pwa | 971 | 1.58 ppb |
| Mccurtain Co. Rwd #2 | 755 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mccurtain Co. Rwd #6 (Kiamichi) | 600 | 1.56 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wright City, 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 Wright City Pwa 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.