Tulsa Water
Tulsa Water History Video
Treating Tulsa's Water
Tulsa's two water treatment plants treat between 90 and 190
million gallons of drinking water a day. City employees' work
begins before the raw water enters the plants and continues long
after the finished water is pumped to faucets in homes, businesses
and schools.
The City of Tulsa supplies drinking water to more than 133,500
metered accounts in the City and more than 500,000 people in the
metropolitan area. Treatment plants, distribution lines, and other
infrastructure have been built and upgraded over the years to keep
pace with Tulsa's growing need for high quality drinking water.
Due to the foresight of City officials and the support of
ratepayers, Tulsa has not been forced to restrict water use since
the summer of 1981. Expansion of the A.B. Jewell Plant and
construction of the new Mohawk Plant increased Tulsa's treatment
capacity to 220 million gallons per day - well above the record use
of 190.56 MGD recorded on July 25, 1999.
Important Numbers:
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| To report Leaks or
Outages |
(918) 596-9488 |
| For Utility Billing or a new
connection |
(918) 596-9511 |
To arrange for a speaker to talk
about Tulsa
Water at your next club or organization meeting |
(918) 596-9847 |
NEW - 2010 Eucha/Spavinaw Report
City of Tulsa Lake Eucha and Spavinaw Water Quality
Report
TULSA'S DRINKING WATER FACTS
Raw Water
Tulsa's raw water is transported from Spavinaw/Eucha and Oologah
Lakes. Lake Hudson, located just north of Locust Grove, provided
water in late 2000 and early 2001 and is available for future
use.
The first Spavinaw flowline is 54 inches and 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 Lynn Lane 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 Lynn Lane Reservoir (1.1
billion gallon capacity) near A.B. Jewell Water Treatment
Plant.
Treated Water
The Mohawk Water Treatment Plant went online in the spring of
1998. The new plant has a 100-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.
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Pumpage
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| Average daily pumpage during 2010 |
107.8 MGD (million gallons per day) |
| Total pumpage during 2010 |
39,015,660,000 gallons
(>39 billion gallons) |
| Highest average monthly pumpage during 2010 |
190.11 MGD in August |
| Lowest average monthly pumpage during 2009 |
98.10 MGD in March |
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Usage
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| Maximum historical use |
190.56 MGD on July 25, 1999 |
| Maximum historical day pumpage |
192.09 on Aug. 10, 2006 |
For water service or billing questions, call (918) 596-9511 or
visit Utility
Billing online
