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Community Water System · PWS OK2002704

Medford

Operator location Medford, Oklahoma - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 161 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,172 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,172
People served (this PWS)
161
EPA violations (this PWS)
16
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Medford standing, high SDWIS violation third

161 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,125 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Medford sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (161), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,172 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#18,125 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#360 of 558
Population · OK
161
Total EPA violations on record
10%
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
739
County
Grant
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
14
Monitoring Violations
132
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
E. COLI MR 17 2015
Coliform (TCR) MCL 12 2010
Coliform (TCR) MR 7 2008
Chlorine MR 4 2017
TTHM MR 4 2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 4 2019
BHC-GAMMA MR 3 2023
Toxaphene MR 3 2023
Diquat MR 3 2023
Endothall MR 3 2023
Glyphosate MR 3 2023
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 3 2023
Simazine MR 3 2023
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 3 2023
Carbofuran MR 3 2023
Heptachlor epoxide MR 3 2023
2,4-D MR 3 2023
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 3 2023
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 3 2023
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 3 2023
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 3 2023
Chlordane MR 3 2023
Heptachlor MR 3 2023
2,4,5-TP MR 3 2023
LASSO MR 3 2023
OXAMYL MR 3 2023
Dinoseb MR 3 2023
Pentachlorophenol MR 3 2023
Dalapon MR 3 2023
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 3 2023

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Medford has 161 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 161), and it ranks #18,125 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)

161 Higher than most more violations than 82% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Medford

161 violations on record for OK2002704; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

161 violations · 1,172 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 near this population served

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

4 peers

What to do with Medford

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
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

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