Public water system record
Payne Co RWD #3
Serves an area of Payne County, OK · 1,400 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Payne Co RWD #3 in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Payne Co RWD #3 draws water from 6 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Oklahoma, February 2004.
- Record on file since 1990, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,308 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.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2012 | Active |
Full record since 1990
EPA's records for Payne Co RWD #3 go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 33 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 25 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began January 1995, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 7, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1990 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Oklahoma regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Payne Co RWD #3 and issued 1 boil water order between 1992 and 2004. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2004 | Oklahoma | Compliance order with a penalty | 20 violations: cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Xylenes, Total, DICHLOROMETHANE, o-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride |
| Oct 8, 1992 | Oklahoma | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Oct 8, 1992 | Oklahoma | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Payne Co RWD #3 draws water from 6 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Stillwater Utilities Authority.
Buys water from
- Stillwater Utilities Authority Stillwater, OK
Annual water quality report
Payne Co RWD #3 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.
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