Is Altus Afb Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Federal government
Counties served: Jackson

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.

133

health-based violations

165

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
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

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0059 µg/L	1/4	2023

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
Copper	730 µg/L 56% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1330 µg/L	61/61	SYR4	2012–2018
TTHM	219.4 µg/L 274% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 279.5 µg/L	56/56	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	52.145 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 61 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	35.86 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 43.4 µg/L	49/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	80.14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 118 µg/L	49/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	53.36 µg/L 89% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 71.2 µg/L	49/56	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	88.105 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 102 µg/L	48/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	11.275 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.4 µg/L	44/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	50.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 57.3 µg/L	41/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	6.925 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.7 µg/L	36/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
Trichloroacetic Acid	8.89 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	15/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.9 µg/L	5/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	11.89 µg/L 79% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 12.2 µg/L	2/61	SYR4	2012–2018

29 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: ALTUS AFB BIOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Phone: 580-481-5494
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Altus Afb

Is Altus Afb tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Altus Afb'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 Altus Afb's water?

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

How many people does Altus Afb serve?

Altus Afb reports serving 4,617 people in Oklahoma, per its EPA record.

Has Altus Afb had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 165 violations on file for Altus Afb, of which 133 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.