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Delaware County, Oklahoma

37 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 25,428 people in Delaware County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

37
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
8,936
Total violations Upper third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OK041 · Delaware County 37 sys · 8,936 viol · #1543/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1543/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 59%
  • SYS-SMALL 37 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Tulsa County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Delaware County ranks #1,543 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #30 of 77 counties in Oklahoma. See methodology · corpus placement.

Delaware County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 12.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,543 of 3,254 · #30 of 77 in Oklahoma.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Delaware County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Delaware County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Murray · lowest Cimarron · highest Payne · near Canadian · near 88.9% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Delaware County

Cross-state counties nearest Delaware County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (8,936). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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