Is HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY)'s water safe to drink?
HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,180, over 935 connections.
HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY)'s record against the rest of the country
HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY) has 28 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,955th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 62th percentile nationally.
How HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY) compares within OK
HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY)'s 3 health-based violations sit within the OK average of 39.5, across 240 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY) is from 2020-01-01 (health-based: 2010-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY)'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what HUGHES CO. RWD #6 (GERTY) 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 28 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.