What's in NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's water?
NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY 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 3,971 people through 2,072 service connections.
NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY has 95 violations on record in total, 60 of thems health-based - ranking it 193th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 99th percentile nationally.
Against the OK average
OK's 240 covered systems average 39.5 health-based violations each; NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY carries 60, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY'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
NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY'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); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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 NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's record does not cover
NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY'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. Between the utility's meter and NOWATA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 193th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.