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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)
900
EPA violations (this PWS)
696
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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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.

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

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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

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

4 peers

What to do with Kiowa

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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater