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Community Water System · PWS OK2003604

Newkirk

Operator location Newkirk, Oklahoma - 27% of 190 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,243 served per SDWIS.

2,243
People served (this PWS)
190
EPA violations (this PWS)
51
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Newkirk standing, high SDWIS violation third

27% of 190 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 27% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,725 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Newkirk sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (190), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,243 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 27% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#12,725 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#226 of 558
Population · OK
190
Total EPA violations on record
27%
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
1,150
County
Kay
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
49
Monitoring Violations
110
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 37 2010
Coliform (TCR) MR 29 2009
Lead and Copper Rule MR 24 2023
Chlorine MR 15 2023
E. COLI MR 14 2022
Coliform (TCR) MCL 12 2014
TTHM MR 9 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 9 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 8 2022
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 2 2010
Lead and Copper Rule TT 2 2011

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Newkirk has 190 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 27% of this system's own violations are health-based (51 of 190), and it ranks #12,725 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)

190 Higher than most more violations than 85% 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 Newkirk

51 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK2003604.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

190 violations · 2,243 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 Newkirk

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
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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