Is OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,113, over 1,051 connections.
OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY ranks 456th by violation burden (96th percentile) - 62 violations total, 35 health-baseds.
How OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY compares within OK
OK's 240 covered systems average 39.5 health-based violations each; OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY carries 35, 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 OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY is from 2026-05-09 (health-based: 2025-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
OKEMAH UTILITIES 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 OKEMAH UTILITIES AUTHORITY 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 62 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.