Sand Springs Water Company

Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) are established with strict safety margins. To understand the potential health impacts mentioned, consider that a person would need to consume 2 liters of water daily at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of experiencing the described health effects.

Remember that all municipal water, including bottled varieties, naturally contains small amounts of impurities. For additional information about contaminants in your tap water and potential health effects, contact the EPA's Safe Municipal Water Hotline: 1-800-426-4791.

Water sources include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over land surfaces or through ground layers, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and sometimes radioactive materials, and may pick up substances from animal presence or human activities.

Potential contaminants in source water before treatment include:

• Microbial contaminants like viruses and bacteria from sewage treatment facilities, septic systems, agricultural operations and wildlife
• Inorganic contaminants such as salts and metals occurring naturally or from urban runoff, wastewater discharges, oil/gas production, mining or farming
• Pesticides and herbicides from various agricultural and residential applications
• Radioactive contaminants that occur naturally
• Organic chemical contaminants including synthetic and volatile compounds from industrial processes, petroleum production, gas stations, urban runoff, and septic systems

Summary: To comply with Federal Safe Municipal Water Act requirements, the City of Sand Springs issues annual reports on water quality monitoring. This report helps residents make informed health decisions and understand their water source and content. For the 2017 calendar year (2018 results forthcoming in 2019), Total Coliform levels remained below established limits. All other detected contaminants were present in trace amounts well below Federal MCLs, posing no significant health concerns.

1. Where does Sand Springs water come from?
   Sand Springs supplies surface water to Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
2. Does Sand Springs test its tap water?
   Yes. Like every public water system, Sand Springs must test its water under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and publish an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report). Ask the utility for the latest report or look for it on its website.
3. How do I contact Sand Springs?
   Call 918-246-2500 or visit 100 E. Broadway St, Sand Springs, OK 74063, or use the contact options on the utility’s website.
4. Does Sand Springs water contain lead?
   Water usually leaves the treatment plant without lead. Lead can enter tap water from older service lines, solder and brass fixtures inside homes, especially when water sits in the pipes. Run the tap before drinking if water has been sitting, and ask the utility about lead testing and service line records.
5. Is Sand Springs water hard?
   Hardness depends on the source and changes over time. The annual water quality report lists hardness, or you can test it at home. If it is above about 7 grains per gallon, a water softener sized to your measured hardness will stop scale and spotting.