What's in POTEAU PWA's water?
POTEAU PWA 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 7,939 people through 3,696 service connections.
How this compares nationally
77 total violations and 46 health-based ones put POTEAU PWA at the 98th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 311 of 12,903.
Against the OK average
POTEAU PWA's 46 health-based violations sit above 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
POTEAU PWA's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-05-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
POTEAU PWA'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)
- 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 POTEAU PWA's record does not cover
POTEAU PWA'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 POTEAU PWA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 311th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.