Community Water System · PWS OK1020611
Kiowa
Operator location Kiowa, Oklahoma - 77% of 900 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 731 served per SDWIS.
- 731
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 900
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 696
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Kiowa standing, high SDWIS violation third
77% of 900 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 77% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #23,769 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Kiowa sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (900), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (731; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 77% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #23,769 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #479 of 558
- Population · OK
- 900
- Total EPA violations on record
- 77%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 392
- County
- Pittsburg
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 427
- Monitoring Violations
- 158
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 269
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 373 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 165 | 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 90 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 62 | 2008 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 33 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 29 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 21 | 2010 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 19 | 2014 |
| Chlorine | MR | 17 | 2021 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 14 | 2016 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 14 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 5 | 2017 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 2002 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Kiowa has 900 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 77% of this system's own violations are health-based (696 of 900), and it ranks #23,769 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)
900 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
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Kiowa plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Health-based violations on Kiowa
696 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK1020611.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
900 violations · 731 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Kiowa
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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