Is BROKEN BOW PWA's water safe to drink?
BROKEN BOW PWA 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 4,320 people through 1,958 service connections.
BROKEN BOW PWA's record against the rest of the country
65 total violations and 58 health-based ones put BROKEN BOW PWA at the 98th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 208 of 12,903.
Against the OK average
Among the 240 OK systems in this dataset, the average is 39.5 health-based violations - BROKEN BOW PWA's 58 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BROKEN BOW PWA'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
BROKEN BOW PWA'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BROKEN BOW PWA's record does not cover
BROKEN BOW PWA's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 65 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.