Is Pauls Valley Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

425

health-based violations

457

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-05-01 → 2025-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-05-01 → 2025-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-05-01 → 2025-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-05-01 → 2025-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0065 µg/L	2/4	2024

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
Bromodichloromethane	29.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.3 µg/L	71/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	74 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 103 µg/L	71/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	19.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23.8 µg/L	71/71	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	118.9 µg/L 149% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 152.8 µg/L	71/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	320.13 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 609 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	82.795 µg/L 138% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 106.1 µg/L	52/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	13.95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.7 µg/L	50/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.23 µg/L 35% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 41.82 µg/L	49/60	SYR4	2012–2018
Dichloroacetic Acid	58.145 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 83.9 µg/L	44/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	5.528 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.7 µg/L	39/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	7.195 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	16/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0063 mg/L 42% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2024
Nitrate-Nitrite	580 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	12/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	13.31 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.4 µg/L	10/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.59 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.12 µg/L	6/71	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	4.39625 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.4 pCi/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	118.5 µg/L 5.9% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 121 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2013–2014
Fluoride	238 µg/L 5.9% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 240 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2013–2014
2,4-D	0.1200 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2018–2019
Antimony, Total	1.18 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2013–2014
Arsenic	0.7240 µg/L 7.2% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2013–2014

61 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-PF3ONSAdonaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined Radium (-226 And -228)Combined UraniumDichloromethaneDiquatEthylbenzeneGlyphosateGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHfpo-DaMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: PAULS VALLEY
Phone: 405-238-3344
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Pauls Valley

Is Pauls Valley tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Pauls Valley'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 Pauls Valley's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Copper, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Pauls Valley serve?

Pauls Valley reports serving 6,256 people in Oklahoma, per its EPA record.

Has Pauls Valley had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 457 violations on file for Pauls Valley, of which 425 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.