Is Sequoyah, OK tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Sequoyah have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Oklahoma’s records: Claremore and Rogers Co RWD # 3 Lake Plant.
Claremore, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 58.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
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 Sequoyah’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Claremore
Oklahoma · serves 15,873 people · about 750 in Sequoyah
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 58.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
27 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Rogers Co RWD # 3 Lake Plant
Oklahoma · serves 10,470 people · about 460 in Sequoyah
2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 66.3 ppb, above the legal limit.
21 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Rogers Co RWD # 5
Oklahoma · serves 11,782 people · under 100 in Sequoyah
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Sequoyah
TapBuff hasn’t read Oklahoma’s list of certified labs yet. The national page links every state’s own list.
Certified labs, state by stateZIP codes in Sequoyah
Which ZIP codes are in Sequoyah: 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 Sequoyah
Other towns in Rogers County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Claremore’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water