Public water system record
Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth
On record as serving Kiowa County, OK · Serves 5 people
Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 3
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 1
- Archived by EPA
- 1
- Any acute record
- Yes
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 11
Key facts
- Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth buys its water from Granite PWS, Lone Wolf and Oklahoma State Reformatory.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Oklahoma, July 2025.
- Record on file since 2003, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jul 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Yes |
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
|
350 | Oct 17, 2024 | Active | No |
|
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 2, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2003
EPA's records for Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth go back to 2003. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020s | 2 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate-Nitrite (acute), began October 2016, Resolved.
Show all 4 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
|
Oct 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2010 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Oklahoma regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth between 2004 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2025 | Oklahoma | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Oct 19, 2015 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Oct 8, 2015 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Feb 8, 2011 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate-Nitrite |
| Mar 16, 2004 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate-Nitrite |
What the violations mean
Nitrate-Nitrite
2 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.
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
1 incidentThe system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).
The utility had to notify customers about this violation.
Where the water comes from
Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth buys its water from Granite PWS, Lone Wolf and Oklahoma State Reformatory. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 5 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth.
Buys water from
- Granite PWS Granite, OK
- Lone Wolf Lone Wolf, OK
- Oklahoma State Reformatory Granite, OK
Community systems that buy water from it
- Granite PWS Granite, OK
- Harmon Electric Hollis, OK
- Kiowa Rural Water District #1 Altus, OK
- Lone Wolf Lone Wolf, OK
- Oklahoma State Reformatory Granite, OK
Annual water quality report
Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth 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 Quartz Mountain Reg Water Auth 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