Community Water System · PWS OK2003603
Tonkawa
Operator location Tonkawa, Oklahoma - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 115 EPA violations; groundwater source; 3,299 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 3,299
- People served (this PWS)
- 115
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 17
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Tonkawa standing, high SDWIS violation third
115 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 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,959 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Tonkawa sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (115), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,299 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #9,959 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #146 of 558
- Population · OK
- 115
- Total EPA violations on record
- 15%
- 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
- 1,255
- County
- Kay
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 15
- Monitoring Violations
- 88
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. COLI | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 16 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 15 | 2011 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Gross Beta Particle Activity | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| LASSO | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2001 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| Nitrite | MR | 2 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Tonkawa has 115 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (17 of 115), and it ranks #9,959 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)
115 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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 Tonkawa
115 violations on record for OK2003603; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
115 violations · 3,299 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 Tonkawa
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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