Is Broken Bow Pwa Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: McCurtain

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

204

health-based violations

220

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-01-01 → 2021-03-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
TTHM	74.47 µg/L 93% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 86 µg/L	88/88	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	60.61 µg/L 101% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 67.1 µg/L	88/88	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.555 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.28 µg/L	76/76	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	70.075 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 80.7 µg/L	76/76	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	26.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34.4 µg/L	76/76	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	31.425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38.9 µg/L	76/76	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	52.236 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 68.54 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0025 mg/L 17% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Nitrate-Nitrite	250 µg/L 2.5% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	14/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.866 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.98 µg/L	13/76	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	8.305 µg/L 55% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 11.11 µg/L	11/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Dibromochloromethane	3.126 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.13 µg/L	3/76	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	7 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2013

66 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined Radium (-226 And -228)Combined UraniumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidEthylbenzeneFluorideGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UGross Beta Particle ActivityHfpo-DaMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BROKEN BOW PWA
Phone: 580-584-3407
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Broken Bow Pwa

Is Broken Bow Pwa tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Broken Bow Pwa's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Broken Bow Pwa's water?

EPA monitoring detected TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Broken Bow Pwa serve?

Broken Bow Pwa reports serving 4,320 people in Oklahoma, per its EPA record.

Has Broken Bow Pwa had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 220 violations on file for Broken Bow Pwa, of which 204 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.