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Stickross Mountain Water Co

Operator location Tahlequah, Oklahoma - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 439 EPA violations; surface water source; 3,250 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

3,250
People served (this PWS)
439
EPA violations (this PWS)
69
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Stickross Mountain Water Co standing, high SDWIS violation third

439 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 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,052 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Stickross Mountain Water Co sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (439), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,250 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,052 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#149 of 558
Population · OK
439
Total EPA violations on record
16%
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
Private
Connections
1,865
County
Cherokee
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
67
Monitoring Violations
341
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 41 2015
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 35 2023
TTHM MR 33 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 32 2023
TTHM MCL 32 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 26 2025
Chlorine MR 17 2023
Lead and Copper Rule MR 15 2021
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 9 2007
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 9 2023
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 8 2007
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 8 2007
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 8 2007
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 8 2007
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 8 2007
Carbon tetrachloride MR 8 2007
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 8 2007
Trichloroethylene MR 8 2007
CHLOROBENZENE MR 8 2007
Toluene MR 8 2007
Ethylbenzene MR 8 2007
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 8 2007
Vinyl chloride MR 8 2007
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 8 2007
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 8 2007
Tetrachloroethylene MR 8 2007
Styrene MR 8 2007
Xylenes, Total MR 8 2007
Benzene MR 8 2007
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 8 2007

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Stickross Mountain Water Co has 439 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (69 of 439), and it ranks #10,052 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)

439 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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 Stickross Mountain Water Co

439 violations on record for OK4001118; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

439 violations · 3,250 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Stickross Mountain Water Co

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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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