Community Water System · PWS OK3005309
Elm Bend RWD Inc
Operator location Nowata, Oklahoma - 62% of 807 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 600 served per SDWIS.
- 600
- People served (this PWS)
- 807
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 499
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Elm Bend RWD Inc standing, high SDWIS violation third
62% of 807 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 62% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #26,469 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Elm Bend RWD Inc sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (807), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (600; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 62% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #26,469 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #518 of 558
- Population · OK
- 807
- Total EPA violations on record
- 62%
- 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
- 490
- County
- Nowata
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 499
- Monitoring Violations
- 229
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 407 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 104 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 90 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 73 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 52 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 46 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2017 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Elm Bend RWD Inc has 807 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 62% of this system's own violations are health-based (499 of 807), and it ranks #26,469 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)
807 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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 Elm Bend RWD Inc
499 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OK3005309.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
807 violations · 600 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Elm Bend RWD Inc
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.