BOWLEGS LIMA WATER: EPA violation history, explained
BOWLEGS LIMA WATER had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,500 people through 1,029 service connections.
How this compares nationally
BOWLEGS LIMA WATER has 33 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,136th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
Against the OK average
BOWLEGS LIMA WATER's 9 health-based violations sit within the OK average of 39.5, across 240 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BOWLEGS LIMA WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
BOWLEGS LIMA WATER's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BOWLEGS LIMA WATER's record does not cover
This is what BOWLEGS LIMA WATER reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BOWLEGS LIMA WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,136th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.