Community Water System · PWS OK1011201
Waurika Public Works Authority
Operator location Waurika, Oklahoma - 88% of 1,138 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,100 served per SDWIS.
- 2,100
- People served (this PWS)
- 1,138
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1,007
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Waurika Public Works Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
88% of 1,138 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 #13,193 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Waurika Public Works Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,138), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,100 (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.
- #13,193 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #232 of 558
- Population · OK
- 1,138
- 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
- 927
- County
- Jefferson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 944
- Monitoring Violations
- 107
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 63
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 726 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 215 | 2023 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 37 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 28 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MR | 28 | 2022 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 26 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 22 | 2010 |
| Chlorine | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2004 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2012 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Waurika Public Works Authority has 1,138 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 88% of this system's own violations are health-based (1,007 of 1,138), and it ranks #13,193 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)
1,138 Higher than most more violations than 99% 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 Waurika Public Works Authority
1,007 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK1011201.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
1,138 violations · 2,100 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Waurika Public Works Authority
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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