Is PAWNEE's water safe to drink?
PAWNEE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,230 people get their water from it, across 955 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
PAWNEE has 322 violations on record in total, 176 of thems health-based - ranking it 20th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 100th percentile nationally.
How PAWNEE compares within OK
OK's 240 covered systems average 39.5 health-based violations each; PAWNEE carries 176, more than typical for the state. 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 PAWNEE is from 2026-07-12 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PAWNEE'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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
Everything on this page is PAWNEE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 322 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.