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Sequoyah Co. RWD #5

Serves Carlisle and Redbird Smith, Sequoyah County, OK · 1,075 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 14 monitoring/reporting issues for Sequoyah Co. RWD #5 in the last ten years.

  • OK1021775
  • GORE
  • OK
  • 1,075 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 74435
EPA system ID OK1021775

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
14

Key facts

  • Sequoyah Co. RWD #5 buys its water from Gore PWA.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Oklahoma, July 2001.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 478 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 2, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2021 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 31, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Sequoyah Co. RWD #5 go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (2 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 14 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 4 2
2000s 0 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 4
2020s 0 13

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began January 2014, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1998 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1998 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1997 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1995 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Sequoyah Co. RWD #5 between 1995 and 2001. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in July 2001.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 30, 2001 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 4 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Apr 16, 1998 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Feb 19, 1998 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Nov 17, 1997 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
May 19, 1995 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Sequoyah Co. RWD #5 buys its water from Gore PWA. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Sequoyah Co. RWD #5.

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Annual water quality report

Sequoyah Co. RWD #5 must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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