Community Water System · PWS OK2006701
Bowlegs Lima Water
Operator location Bowlegs, Oklahoma - 35% of 92 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,500 served per SDWIS.
- 2,500
- People served (this PWS)
- 92
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 32
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bowlegs Lima Water standing, high SDWIS violation third
35% of 92 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 35% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,951 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bowlegs Lima Water sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (92), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,500 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 35% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,951 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #202 of 558
- Population · OK
- 92
- Total EPA violations on record
- 35%
- 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
- 1,029
- County
- Seminole
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 30
- Monitoring Violations
- 36
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | MCL | 16 | 1983 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 11 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 10 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 10 | 2006 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 4 | 2008 |
| Chlorine | MR | 2 | 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| E. COLI | MR | 2 | 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2025 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bowlegs Lima Water has 92 recorded EPA violations, 71% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 35% of this system's own violations are health-based (32 of 92), and it ranks #11,951 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)
92 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% 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 Bowlegs Lima Water
32 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK2006701.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
92 violations · 2,500 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 Bowlegs Lima Water
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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