Is PAWHUSKA's water safe to drink?
PAWHUSKA 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 3,800 people through 2,136 service connections.
PAWHUSKA's record against the rest of the country
62 total violations and 34 health-based ones put PAWHUSKA at the 96th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 477 of 12,903.
How PAWHUSKA compares within OK
PAWHUSKA's 34 health-based violations sit within the OK average of 39.5, across 240 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PAWHUSKA is from 2026-06-12 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PAWHUSKA'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Revised Total Coliform 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 this data is and is not
This is what PAWHUSKA 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 PAWHUSKA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 477th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.