Is Tipton Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Tillman

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.

578

health-based violations

874

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2024-10-17

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
Bromoform	121.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 132 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	409.15 µg/L 31% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 489 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2018
Dibromochloromethane	105.79 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 151 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	274.3 µg/L 343% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 356.8 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	49.405 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 61.7 µg/L	48/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	31.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 49.1 µg/L	46/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	43.85 µg/L 73% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 74 µg/L	46/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	16.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21 µg/L	44/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.477 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 10.06 µg/L	38/50	SYR4	2013–2018
Dichloroacetic Acid	11.14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.7 µg/L	17/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	13875 µg/L 139% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 16800 µg/L	16/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	15.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.7 µg/L	15/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0045 mg/L 30% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2024
Gross Beta Particle Activity	20.0395 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.16 pCi/L	10/10	SYR4	2012–2014
Selenium	32.09 µg/L 64% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 41.9 µg/L	10/18	SYR4	2012–2016
Combined Uranium	63.56 µg/L 212% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 30 µg/L worst single sample: 70.6 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2012–2014
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	10.7525 pCi/L 72% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 12.1 pCi/L	6/10	SYR4	2012–2014
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.0704 pCi/L 21% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.1 pCi/L	5/10	SYR4	2012–2014
Trichloroacetic Acid	10.522 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.8 µg/L	5/47	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.08 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.2 µg/L	3/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	2.81492 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	166.35 µg/L 8.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 168 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012–2014
Nitrate	12900 µg/L 129% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10000 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012
Antimony, Total	3.24 µg/L 54% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2012–2014
Fluoride	360 µg/L 9% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2012–2014

38 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateMercuryMethoxychlorNitriteOxamylStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: TIPTON
Phone: 580-667-5211
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Tipton

Is Tipton tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 25 contaminants in Tipton'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 Tipton's water?

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

How many people does Tipton serve?

Tipton reports serving 916 people in Oklahoma, per its EPA record.

Has Tipton had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 874 violations on file for Tipton, of which 578 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 6 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.