Community Water System · PWS OK1011305
Walters Public Works Authority
Operator location Walters, Oklahoma - 75% of 355 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,551 served per SDWIS.
- 2,551
- People served (this PWS)
- 355
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 268
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Walters Public Works Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
75% of 355 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 75% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,725 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Walters Public Works Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (355), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,551 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 75% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,725 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #197 of 558
- Population · OK
- 355
- Total EPA violations on record
- 75%
- 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
- 1,231
- County
- Cotton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 210
- Monitoring Violations
- 57
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 58
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 194 | 2017 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 36 | 2013 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 20 | 2013 |
| TTHM | MR | 17 | 2017 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 15 | 2016 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 9 | 2016 |
| Chlorite | MR | 8 | 2021 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 1991 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 1 | 1997 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Walters Public Works Authority has 355 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 75% of this system's own violations are health-based (268 of 355), and it ranks #11,725 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)
355 Higher than most more violations than 93% 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 Walters Public Works Authority
268 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK1011305.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
355 violations · 2,551 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 Walters Public Works Authority
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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