🚨 Tomorrow’s the Day! 🚨 Got old paint, cleaning chemicals, automotive fluids, batteries, or other household hazardous waste taking up space in your garage, shed, or under the sink? Bring it to Too Toxic to Trash this Saturday for safe disposal and help keep hazardous materials out of the trash and out of the environment. 📅 Saturday, June 6, 2026 🕗 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 Chickasaw Training Center 400 NW 32nd St., Newcastle Accepted items include oil-based paint, pesticides, fuels, oils, cleaning supplies, aerosols, batteries, lightbulbs, sharps, expired medications, and more. Tires (no rims) will also be accepted. 🥫 Please consider bringing a non-perishable food donation for the Tri-City Hope Center Food Drive.

From the City Manager's Office: Residents recently received a "lead exceedance" letter with their water bills. The City is required by ODEQ to send this letter out once per quarter for 12 months due to the lead exceedance notice in March of this year. As previously stated, on March 13th, the City of Newcastle received a lead exceedance notification from ODEQ. Water samples were taken from 40 residents within the city and sent to the State's testing facility. Results indicated 6 of the 40 samples contained elevated levels of lead. On March 25th, City staff met with ODEQ regarding requirements going forward. The requirements include public education, further notification to specific facilities within the city, increased monitoring, and additional testing of source water and the distribution system. The first round of additional testing has been completed by an independent testing facility as required by ODEQ. The test results do not indicate elevated lead levels in the City's source water or distribution system. The 6 homes that tested positive for elevated lead levels in water taken from the tap inside the house were older homes. These older homes possibly contain lead pipes or copper pipes with lead solder joints which over time can leach into the water. The other 34 homes tested did not indicate elevated levels of lead. Most of these homes were constructed after the use of lead materials in plumbing were prohibited by law. https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/use-lead-free-pipes-fittings-fixtures-solder-and-flux-drinking-water As stated above, testing of the City’s source water and distribution system, conducted by an independent testing facility in April 2026, DID NOT indicate elevated lead levels. Additional testing of the City’s source water and distribution system will be conducted again within the next 4 to 8 weeks as required by ODEQ. Residents may visit the City’s website at newcastleok.gov to access information about the lead exceedance notice, educational materials, and other related documents. Thank you.