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Is Lawton, OK tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Lawton, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Oklahoma’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Lawton has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Oklahoma’s records.

Lawton, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Lawton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Lawton’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Lawton

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Oklahoma certifies.

TapBuff hasn’t read Oklahoma’s list of certified labs yet. The national page links every state’s own list.

Certified labs, state by state

ZIP codes in Lawton

Which ZIP codes are in Lawton: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology.

Near Lawton

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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