Is SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8's water safe to drink?
SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8 had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 13,460 people get their water from it, across 5,386 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
57 total violations and 13 health-based ones put SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8 at the 89th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,431 of 12,903.
Against the OK average
Among the 240 OK systems in this dataset, the average is 39.5 health-based violations - SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8's 13 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8'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
SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8's record does not cover
SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8'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. This record - 13 health-based violations on file for SEQUOYAH CO. RWD #8 - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.