WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,100 people get their water from it, across 927 connections.
How this compares nationally
WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY has 217 violations on record in total, 178 of thems health-based - ranking it 19th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 100th percentile nationally.
Against the OK average
WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's 178 health-based violations sit above the OK average of 39.5, across 240 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS 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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 178 health-based violations on file for WAURIKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY - 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.