No open health-based violations on EPA record in the last 10 years; latest legal-limit breach in the period starting January 2025.
Serves about 199 people (117 connections) with groundwater from its own wells, and buys water from Enid.
From EPA's record for OK2004403. PurityMap is independent of Ames.
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7 health-based violations in the last 10 years, from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
| Period | Contaminant | Measured | Legal limit | EPA status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From January 2025 | Arsenic | 0.011 mg/L | 0.010 mg/L | Resolved |
| From October 2024 | Arsenic | 0.012 mg/L | 0.010 mg/L | Resolved |
| From July 2024 | Arsenic | 0.012 mg/L | 0.010 mg/L | Resolved |
| From April 2024 | Arsenic | 0.019 mg/L | 0.010 mg/L | Resolved |
| From January 2024 | Arsenic | 0.012 mg/L | 0.010 mg/L | Resolved |
| Period | Contaminant | Measured | Legal limit | EPA status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From October 2020 | Arsenic | 0.011 mg/L | 0.010 mg/L | Resolved |
| From July 2020 | Arsenic | 0.011 mg/L | 0.010 mg/L | Resolved |
No lab results for other contaminants (like PFAS) are on file for this system. EPA required that testing from systems serving more than 3,300 people, plus a sample of smaller ones.
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Screening: quick check, not lab-grade
Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
Turnaround: 5 minutes
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
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Follow this water →Ames's phone number on EPA record is 580-753-4624. Its mailing address is Jerry Swart, Mayor, P.O. BOX 568, AMES, OK 73718.
According to EPA's record, Ames uses groundwater from its own wells, and buys water from Enid.
EPA's record shows 7 health-based violations for Ames in the 10 years to July 9, 2026. No open health-based violations on EPA record in the last 10 years. The latest legal-limit breach on record was in the period starting January 2025. EPA also lists 5 missed or late tests or reports in 10 years. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
The 90th-percentile lead result in Ames's latest lead and copper round, which ended in December 2025, was 1.3 µg/L, below the federal action level of 15 µg/L.
PurityMap has no verified website for Ames. Its phone number on EPA record is 580-753-4624. Its mailing address on EPA record is Jerry Swart, Mayor, P.O. BOX 568, AMES, OK 73718. Your water bill lists the ways to contact your supplier and pay. PurityMap does not take payments.