Public water system record
Loyal
Serves Loyal, Kingfisher County, OK · 81 people served
Federal records show 18 health-based violations and 21 monitoring/reporting issues for Loyal in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Nitrate-Nitrite violation.
System profile
Source water
Groundwater
ZIP
73756
EPA system ID
OK2003701
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 18
- Resolved
- 18
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- Yes
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 21
Key facts
- Loyal draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Oklahoma, April 2021.
- Record on file since 1992, with 57 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 56 unknown out of 56 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved | Yes |
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved | Yes |
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved | Yes |
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved | Yes |
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved | Yes |
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved | Yes |
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Apr 1, 2017 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved | Yes |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved | Yes |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Mar 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
OTHER
|
Aug 13, 2012 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Loyal go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 57 health-based violations (55 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 61 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12 | 7 |
| 2000s | 17 | 20 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 28 | 34 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 12 | 4 |
| 2020s | 5 | 14 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate-Nitrite (acute), began October 2016, Resolved.
Show all 57 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2016 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2014 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2013 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2013 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2013 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2013 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2012 | Resolved |
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Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2012 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 14, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2010 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2010 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2009 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2009 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2006 | Resolved |
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Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2001 | Resolved |
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Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2001 | Resolved |
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Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2001 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1998 | Resolved |
7 older violations are not listed here. EPA ECHO has the complete list.
Enforcement actions
Oklahoma regulators took 26 formal enforcement actions against Loyal and issued 2 boil water orders between 1992 and 2021. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in April 2021.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2021 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 47 violations (47 health-based): Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Apr 28, 2014 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 47 violations (47 health-based): Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Sep 17, 2012 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Feb 27, 2012 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 21 violations: o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, CHLOROBENZENE, Toluene |
| Jan 24, 2011 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 48 violations (41 health-based): Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Jul 15, 2010 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Mar 19, 2010 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Jan 22, 2010 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Aug 19, 2009 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Jun 18, 2009 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Dec 10, 2008 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Sep 3, 2008 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Apr 25, 2008 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Sep 14, 2007 | Oklahoma | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Aug 6, 2007 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Jun 4, 2007 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Nov 2, 2006 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Jul 20, 2006 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Jul 15, 2004 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Jun 21, 2004 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Apr 1, 2004 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Mar 13, 2003 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Apr 29, 2002 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate |
| Jun 21, 2001 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations (2 health-based): Nitrate |
| May 14, 2001 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Jun 3, 1998 | Oklahoma | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 20, 1995 | Oklahoma | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 31, 1992 | Oklahoma | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
What the violations mean
Nitrate-Nitrite
18 incidentsTest results for Nitrate-Nitrite were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).
The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.
Where the water comes from
Loyal draws water from 1 well. It also buys water from North Blaine Water Corp.
Buys water from
- North Blaine Water Corp Okeene, OK
Annual water quality report
Loyal 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.
Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Loyal for a copy.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Oklahoma.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells