Is Walters Public Works Authority Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

269

health-based violations

330

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2024-10-17
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-01 → 2017-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-01 → 2017-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-01 → 2017-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-01 → 2017-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-01 → 2017-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-09-30

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	41.01 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 55.6 µg/L	59/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	75.27 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 127 µg/L	59/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	53.76 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 66 µg/L	59/59	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	159.6 µg/L 200% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 180 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	36.825 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 60.9 µg/L	56/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	63.775 µg/L 106% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 94.5 µg/L	56/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	25.29 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.7 µg/L	55/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	16.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 19 µg/L	51/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	33.295 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38.6 µg/L	34/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	270.1 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 272 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.855 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.5 µg/L	16/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0051 mg/L 34% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Nitrate-Nitrite	490 µg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	10/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.09 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.25 µg/L	6/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Dalapon	1.2115 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 1.22 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2018–2019

51 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneChlorobenzeneCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloriteDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoLeadMethoxychlorOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WALTERS PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY
Phone: 580-875-3337
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Walters Public Works Authority

Is Walters Public Works Authority tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Walters Public Works Authority'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 Walters Public Works Authority's water?

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

How many people does Walters Public Works Authority serve?

Walters Public Works Authority reports serving 2,551 people in Oklahoma, per its EPA record.

Has Walters Public Works Authority had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 330 violations on file for Walters Public Works Authority, of which 269 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 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.