Community Water System · PWS OK1021696
Afton PWA
Operator location Afton, Oklahoma - 52% of 409 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,428 served per SDWIS.
- 1,428
- People served (this PWS)
- 409
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 212
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Afton PWA standing, high SDWIS violation third
52% of 409 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 52% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,393 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Afton PWA sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (409), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,428 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 52% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,393 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #323 of 558
- Population · OK
- 409
- Total EPA violations on record
- 52%
- 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
- 584
- County
- Ottawa
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 138
- Monitoring Violations
- 144
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 74
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 77 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MCL | 56 | 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 40 | 2018 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 39 | 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 32 | 2018 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 24 | 2021 |
| TTHM | MR | 19 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2019 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 11 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 8 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2025 |
| Arsenic | MR | 5 | 2007 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MCL | 3 | 2023 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Afton PWA has 409 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 52% of this system's own violations are health-based (212 of 409), and it ranks #16,393 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)
409 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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 Afton PWA
212 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK1021696.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
409 violations · 1,428 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 Afton PWA
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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