Community Water System · PWS OK1011306
Temple
Operator location Temple, Oklahoma - 82% of 465 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,146 served per SDWIS.
- 1,146
- People served (this PWS)
- 465
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 382
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Temple standing, high SDWIS violation third
82% of 465 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 82% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #18,289 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Temple sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (465), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,146 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 82% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,289 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #364 of 558
- Population · OK
- 465
- Total EPA violations on record
- 82%
- 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
- 672
- County
- Cotton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 273
- Monitoring Violations
- 75
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 109
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 261 | 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 48 | 2023 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 36 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 25 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 15 | 2013 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 15 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 13 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2015 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 10 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| Chlorite | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Chlorine dioxide | MR | 2 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Temple has 465 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 82% of this system's own violations are health-based (382 of 465), and it ranks #18,289 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)
465 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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 Temple
382 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK1011306.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
465 violations · 1,146 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 Temple
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.