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Community Water System · PWS OK1010401

Atoka

Operator location Atoka, Oklahoma - 88% of 599 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,988 served per SDWIS.

2,988
People served (this PWS)
599
EPA violations (this PWS)
529
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Atoka standing, high SDWIS violation third

88% of 599 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 88% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,725 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Atoka sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (599), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,988 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 88% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,725 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#165 of 558
Population · OK
599
Total EPA violations on record
88%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1,364
County
Atoka
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
291
Monitoring Violations
45
Treatment Tech Violations
235

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
CARBON, TOTAL TT 160 2025
TTHM MCL 151 2015
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 135 2025
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 50 2023
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 25 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 10 2007
CARBON, TOTAL MR 8 2004
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 6 2009
TTHM MR 5 2004
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 2008
Coliform (TCR) MCL 5 2015
Asbestos MR 4 2020
Chlorite MR 4 2024
Chlorine dioxide MRDL 3 2009
Chlorine dioxide MR 3 2009
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 1 2012

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Atoka has 599 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 88% of this system's own violations are health-based (529 of 599), and it ranks #10,725 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

599 Higher than most more violations than 97% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Atoka

529 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK1010401.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

599 violations · 2,988 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Atoka

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Oklahoma compares on the same EPA violation measures. Oklahoma systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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