Is WEWOKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
WEWOKA 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. Population served: 3,450, over 1,650 connections.
How this compares nationally
WEWOKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY has 294 violations on record in total, 210 of thems health-based - ranking it 11th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 100th percentile nationally.
Against the OK average
Among the 240 OK systems in this dataset, the average is 39.5 health-based violations - WEWOKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's 210 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
WEWOKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
WEWOKA 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS; Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); 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 WEWOKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's record does not cover
WEWOKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY'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 WEWOKA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.