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Bethany

Serves Bethany and Woodlawn Park, Oklahoma County, OK · 20,307 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Bethany in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • OK2005519
  • BETHANY
  • OK
  • 20,307 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater under direct influence
ZIP 73008
EPA system ID OK2005519

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Bethany draws water from 22 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Oklahoma, May 2022.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 6,905 unknown out of 7,019 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 May 1, 2022 Resolved Yes

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
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Bethany go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 13 health-based violations (13 resolved) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 3
2000s 12 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 6
2020s 1 6

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began April 2009, Resolved.

Show all 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2009 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2006 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1991 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators took 10 formal enforcement actions against Bethany and issued 1 boil water order between 2003 and 2022. The most recent was a boil water order in May 2022.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 28, 2022 Oklahoma Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule
Aug 8, 2006 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jun 13, 2006 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Jan 25, 2006 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jun 13, 2005 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 3, 2005 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Nov 18, 2004 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 9 violations (8 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Nov 16, 2004 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Sep 7, 2004 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 24, 2004 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Dec 18, 2003 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Bethany draws water from 22 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Oklahoma City.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Bethany 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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.

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