Is ELGIN PWA's water safe to drink?
ELGIN 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 3,300 people through 1,246 service connections.
ELGIN PWA's record against the rest of the country
127 total violations and 6 health-based ones put ELGIN PWA at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,921 of 12,903.
How ELGIN PWA compares within OK
Among the 240 OK systems in this dataset, the average is 39.5 health-based violations - ELGIN PWA's 6 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ELGIN PWA is from 2026-01-02 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ELGIN 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: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what ELGIN PWA 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 127 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.