As part of the City of Tulsa’s ongoing mission to provide residents the highest quality water and service, more than 145,000 residential water meters will be upgraded over the next several years with new automated water meters.
Our top priority is to provide clean, refreshing water to its customers. Tulsa water is safe to drink and free of bacteria and other harmful substances. City chemists and water treatment plant operators test the water when it enters the pipes from our source water lakes. They continue to monitor the water throughout treatment and distribution. When the water leaves the treatment plant and flows toward Tulsa’s homes and businesses, it not only meets, but exceeds all federal requirements for public health standards. The Annual Water Quality Report gives residents important information on the quality of their drinking water.
Raw water is untreated, unfiltered water from the ground, lakes, rivers, and more. Tulsa's raw water is transported from Spavinaw/Eucha and Oologah Lakes. Lake Hudson, located just north of Locust Grove, is available for future use.
The first Spavinaw flowline ranges from 54 to 60 inches in diameter and is 53.9 miles long. The second flowline from Spavinaw ranges from 66 inches to 72 inches in diameter and is 52.2 miles long.
The first Oologah flowline is 42 inches in diameter and runs 16.7 miles to the 66-inch Bird Creek to Unruh pipeline that is 7.9 miles long. The second Oologah flowline is 54 inches-72 inches in diameter and is 22.87 miles long.
Raw water is stored in Yahola Lake (2.0 billion-gallon capacity) near Mohawk Water Treatment Plant and Unruh Reservoir (1.2 billion gallon capacity) near A.B. Jewell Water Treatment Plant.
Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use, such as drinking water. The Mohawk Water Treatment Plant went online in the spring of 1998. The new plant has a 100 million gallon per day (MGD) treatment capacity*, 10-MGD more than the old plant that was built in the 1920s.
A.B. Jewell Water Treatment Plant was built in 1974. In 1982, the plant was expanded to treat 90 MGD. It currently has the capacity to treat 120 MGD*.
*This is the maximum number of gallons that can be treated in one day. Pumpage into our distribution system is set at 210 MGD between the two treatment plants.
Pumpage
Average daily pumpage | 102.52 MGD (million gallons per day)
For water service or billing questions, call (918) 596-9511 or visit Utility Billing online.
.png)
Facebook
Twitter
Mail