MANGUM PWS: EPA violation history, explained
MANGUM PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,924 people get their water from it, across 1,543 connections.
MANGUM PWS's record against the rest of the country
17 total violations and 5 health-based ones put MANGUM PWS at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,630 of 12,903.
How MANGUM PWS compares within OK
OK's 240 covered systems average 39.5 health-based violations each; MANGUM PWS carries 5, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MANGUM PWS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MANGUM PWS'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)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate-Nitrite
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 MANGUM PWS 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 MANGUM PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,630th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.