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Community Water System · PWS OK1010830

Southern Okla Water Corp

Operator location Ardmore, Oklahoma - 36% of 1,836 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 11,250 served per SDWIS.

11,250
People served (this PWS)
1,836
EPA violations (this PWS)
653
Health-based (this PWS)
4 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Southern Okla Water Corp standing, high SDWIS violation third

36% of 1,836 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 36% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #4,314 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Southern Okla Water Corp sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,836), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (11,250; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 36% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).

#4,314 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#49 of 558
Population · OK
1,836
Total EPA violations on record
36%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
4,883
County
Carter
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
440
Monitoring Violations
1,160
Treatment Tech Violations
213

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 279 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 129 2022
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 116 2025
CARBON, TOTAL TT 81 2021
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 48 2018
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 48 2018
Xylenes, Total MR 48 2018
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 48 2018
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 48 2018
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 48 2018
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 48 2018
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 48 2018
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 48 2018
CHLOROBENZENE MR 48 2018
Benzene MR 48 2018
Toluene MR 48 2018
Ethylbenzene MR 48 2018
Styrene MR 48 2018
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 48 2018
Vinyl chloride MR 48 2018
Trichloroethylene MR 48 2018
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 48 2018
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 48 2018
Carbon tetrachloride MR 48 2018
Tetrachloroethylene MR 48 2018
Coliform (TCR) MCL 29 2012
CARBON, TOTAL MR 29 2011
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 18 2004
Combined Uranium MR 18 2004
Gross Beta Particle Activity MR 18 2004

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Southern Okla Water Corp has 1,836 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 36% of this system's own violations are health-based (653 of 1,836), and it ranks #4,314 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)

1,836 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 4 of 754 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFPeS 9/2/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/2/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/2/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/2/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/2/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/2/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/2/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/2/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/2/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/2/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/2/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/2/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/2/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/2/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/2/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/2/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/2/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/2/2025 6.40 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFHxS 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/2/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/2/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Southern Okla Water Corp

653 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK1010830.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

1,836 violations · 11,250 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 with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with Southern Okla Water Corp

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
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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