If you searched “Moore water” looking for the utility itself, here is the short answer. Moore’s water system is run by the Moore Public Works Authority. The City of Moore sends water quality questions to Veolia Water at (405) 793-5080, and the same number is its 24-hour line for leaks and outages.
The rest of this is for anyone who wants to know what is actually in Moore water. The city’s latest water quality report has more in it than most people would guess, and very little of it is about hardness.
Where Moore water comes from
Moore does not run on one source. Its 2025 Consumer Confidence Report, the yearly water quality report every public water system has to publish, says the water comes from 23 groundwater wells. The same report says some of Moore’s water is bought from Oklahoma City through a connection between the two systems.
The city’s utilities page gives a different count: 34 active water wells. Neither document explains the gap, so we are giving you both numbers.
That mix matters, because the two waters look different in the report. Arsenic, antimony, selenium and uranium all show up in the results for Moore’s own system. None of them appear in the list of what was detected in the water Moore buys from Oklahoma City.
What Moore’s 2025 report shows
The report lists every contaminant detected during 2025. A few terms first: ppb means parts per billion, and the MCL (maximum contaminant level) is the highest level federal rules allow in drinking water.
- Arsenic: highest result 15 ppb, with a range of 0 to 15. The MCL is 10.
- Antimony: highest result 9 ppb, range 0 to 9. The MCL is 6.
- Uranium: highest result 12.5 micrograms per liter, which is the same unit as ppb. The MCL is 30.
- Gross alpha, a measure of radioactivity: highest result 14.4 pCi/L. The MCL is 15.
- Selenium: highest result 40.9 ppb. The MCL is 50.
- Lead: the 90th percentile result was 0, and no sites were over the action level.
The report also states, in its own words, that Moore’s drinking water “meets EPA’s standard for arsenic” while it “does contain low levels of arsenic.” It does not explain how that sits beside a single result of 15. If you want that answered, the number above is the one the city gives for water quality questions.
Two more items are worth knowing. In January 2025, 20% of coliform samples came back positive. Coliform bacteria are usually harmless, but they are a warning sign, so the result triggered a required assessment, and the report says that assessment was completed. The report also lists two violations for 2025: one for the initial inventory of lead service lines, and one for routine monitoring of volatile organic compounds. Both are monitoring and reporting violations, which the report defines as tests not done or not turned in on time.
Want to talk through what this means for your house? Call us, or send the form with your address and what you are noticing at the tap. We will tell you which system fits and what it costs.
Chlorine or chloramine?
The report lists the disinfectant under a single heading, “chlorine/chloramines.” Its highest monthly average was 2 mg/L, in July 2025, and the running annual average was 0.5 mg/L. The federal limit is 4.
The report does not say which one Moore adds. Oklahoma City’s 2017 water conservation plan says its Hefner and Overholser plants finish their water with chloramine, which is chlorine bound to ammonia. So at least the water Moore buys from Oklahoma City leaves the plant chloraminated. Either way, there is disinfectant in the water at your tap, and that is where a swimming pool taste comes from.
What about hardness?
There is no hardness figure in Moore’s report. Hardness is not a regulated contaminant, so a utility does not have to publish it, and Moore does not. Oklahoma City does not publish one either. We are not going to print a number for Moore that the city has not published.
What this means for a Moore home
Nothing in this report says Moore water is unsafe to drink, and we are not going to say it either. What the report does give you is a short list, and each item on it calls for a different tool.
For the water you drink and cook with, reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is where we point people for arsenic and uranium. A water softener does not remove arsenic. Our HW800 AlkaPro Tankless RO makes up to 800 gallons a day through 7 stages, is certified to NSF/ANSI 58, and leaves your under-sink cabinet free because it has no storage tank. If you would rather have a proven design at a lower price, the 5-Stage Tank Reverse Osmosis is the classic under-sink system.
For the whole house, the Standard Whole-Home Softener + Filtration pairs 48,000 grains of softening with coconut-shell carbon for chlorine and chloramine in one tank. It is $2,699 installed, the same price on city water or a well. If you are seeing white crust on fixtures and a pool taste in the shower, this is the system that handles both.
On a private well outside the city system, nobody is testing your water for you, so call us before you pick a system.
Every system is fitted by our own plumbing crew. You can see what we do across town on our Moore service area page.
Pick the right system for your Moore home Call us and tell us what you are noticing, or send the form. We will tell you which system fits, and give you the price.
If you are in Norman
Norman’s 2025 report describes a similar mix with different numbers. The Norman Utilities Authority lists 43 groundwater wells, surface water from Lake Thunderbird, and water bought from Oklahoma City. Its highest arsenic result for 2025 was 9.7 ppb, with a range of 0 to 9.7, under the MCL of 10.
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