Leak Detection, Water Lines & Repiping
We provide lead water service line replacement in Oklahoma City for the part of the line you own: the pipe from the city's water meter to your house. If the city's inventory lists your address as lead, galvanized requiring replacement or unknown, we verify what is actually in the ground, replace it with new pipe, and help you update the record when the job is done.
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(405) 309-1873Your water service line is the buried pipe that carries water from the city's meter into your home. If it is lead, EPA says it is typically the most significant source of lead in your water. Our replacement service covers:
This is the first thing to understand. The City of Oklahoma City owns the public service line, the part that runs from the water main to the water meter, and it also owns the meter. The property owner owns the private service line from the meter to the house, plus all of the plumbing inside. City crews work only on public lines.
That means a lead or galvanized line on your side of the meter is yours to replace, even if the city replaces its side. The city asks owners who plan to replace a private line to contact its Lead-Safe OKC program first, which we can help you do.
In October 2024, EPA finalized the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. The headline requirement: water systems must replace lead service lines and "galvanized requiring replacement" lines that are under their control within 10 years or less, with limited exceptions. Systems must also make their service line inventories public and send yearly notices to people served by lead, galvanized requiring replacement or unknown lines. Replacement plans are due November 1, 2027.
The galvanized category catches people by surprise. EPA defines it as a galvanized line that is or ever was downstream of a lead line, is downstream of an unknown line, or cannot be shown never to have been downstream of lead. EPA requires those lines to be replaced because they can absorb lead particles and keep releasing them.
Locally, Oklahoma City reported 173 public service lines identified as lead as of October 2024, about 0.07 percent of roughly 254,000 service accounts. The city is developing a plan, due by late 2027, to replace every public line identified as lead. Private lines are a separate question, and the inventory is how you find out where yours stands.
Age is a clue. EPA says lead pipes are more likely in homes built before 1986, and Oklahoma City focused its 2023 pilot inspections on service line materials common between 1945 and the early 1980s.
Got a lead or unknown service line letter?
Call us to verify what is in the ground and plan the private-side replacement. We answer 24/7.
| Method | Best for | Trade-offs |
|---|---|---|
| Open trench | Short runs across open lawn | Disturbs grass and beds along the route |
| Trenchless boring | Lines under driveways, walks, trees or landscaping | Needs small access pits at each end |
| Pipe pulling | Some straight runs where the old line can guide the new one | Depends on soil and the condition of the old pipe |
We price the job after we verify the material and walk the route. Length and depth of the line, what sits on top of it, the method, where the line enters the house, and whether the main shutoff and entry fittings need replacing all affect cost. Financing is available.
Until your line is replaced: follow the city's guidance for reducing lead exposure, and consider a filter certified to reduce lead for drinking and cooking water. Our whole-house water filtration page covers filter options.
Start with the inventory. If your address shows lead, galvanized requiring replacement or unknown, call us to verify the material. If the house still has old galvanized pipe inside, consider whole-house repiping at the same time, since galvanized pipe can absorb lead particles from an old lead line. If your buried line has other problems, such as leaks or low pressure, our water line repair and replacement service covers that too. To learn more about the plumber behind the work, read about our team.
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Replacing a lead line is not the place for shortcuts. Our licensed team has plumbing experience going back to 1985, long enough to know how old service lines were put in the ground and what they look like coming out. We verify the material before we quote, keep the old pipe for you to see, and follow the flushing guidance from the city when the new line goes in.
Since 1985
The rules split the line between the city and the property owner, and the EPA requirements add their own terms. We explain it in plain language: which part belongs to you, what your inventory status means, and how the city's own public-side replacement plan fits with your private-side work. After four decades in the trade, we can translate a confusing notice letter into a simple plan you can act on.
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Customers rate us 4.9 stars across 88 Google reviews. When a letter from the utility worries you, you want someone who will tell you the truth, not sell you a job. Sometimes the answer is a simple scratch test showing copper, and no work is needed at all. When the line does need replacing, financing is available, and we answer the phone 24/7 with your questions.
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We serve every part of Oklahoma City plus these surrounding towns.
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Check the city's Lead-Safe OKC Community Database by address. If the record says unknown, look at the pipe where it enters your house. EPA says lead is dull gray, soft and not magnetic, and a light scratch with a key turns it shiny silver. Copper scratches to a yellow-orange color. A magnet that sticks means iron or galvanized steel. We can verify it for you.
In Oklahoma City, the property owner is responsible for the private service line from the meter to the house, and the city's crews work only on public lines. Ask the city whether any assistance is available when you are ready to replace it, since programs can change. We give you a clear price for the private-side work, and financing is available.
The city owns the public line from the main to the meter. It is developing a service line replacement plan, due by the EPA deadline in late 2027, that will provide for replacing every public service line identified as lead. As of October 2024, the city reported 173 public lines identified as lead out of roughly 254,000 service accounts.
Under the EPA's 2024 lead rule, a galvanized line that is or ever was downstream of a lead line, or that cannot be shown never to have been, is classed as galvanized requiring replacement. EPA says those lines can absorb lead particles and keep releasing them after the lead pipe is gone, so they are on the replacement list too.
Follow the city's Lead-Safe OKC guidance on flushing your plumbing and filtering your water, which the city says applies for up to six months after a lead line is replaced. Replacement can shake loose particles in the house piping. Testing your water through a certified laboratory is the way to confirm the result.
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